Difference between revisions of "Have been laid to rust upon the green"
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* '''laid on''' → '''have been laid to rust upon''' | * '''laid on''' → '''have been laid to rust upon''' | ||
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&id=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft&entity=JoyceColl.HaymanFirstDrft.p0058&isize=L A first-draft version of Finnegans wake] |
* '''rust:''' (''Dutch'') rest → Dutch because of the Dutch House of Orange from which the hero of the Irish Protestants, William III (King Billy, William of Orange), came | * '''rust:''' (''Dutch'') rest → Dutch because of the Dutch House of Orange from which the hero of the Irish Protestants, William III (King Billy, William of Orange), came | ||
Revision as of 02:57, 30 April 2009
- laid on → have been laid to rust upon
- rust: (Dutch) rest → Dutch because of the Dutch House of Orange from which the hero of the Irish Protestants, William III (King Billy, William of Orange), came
- laid to rest: dead and buried → the Orange invaders have been laid to rest
- rust: iron oxide → rust turns iron orange
- rut: sexual intercourse among mammals → in this context, laid also has sexual overtones
