Difference between revisions of "Holired"

From FinnegansWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 6: Line 6:
  
 
* '''wholly red''' → according to one etymology the name ''Adam'' means "red"
 
* '''wholly red''' → according to one etymology the name ''Adam'' means "red"
 +
 +
*'''hallowed:''' Sacred, holy, as would be the apples in the Garden of Eden
  
 
* '''''s The Holly and the Ivy'':''' a Christmas carol → [[ivvy's]]
 
* '''''s The Holly and the Ivy'':''' a Christmas carol → [[ivvy's]]

Revision as of 10:30, 15 September 2006

  • holy red → describing the "forbidden fruit" in Genesis
  • horrid: causing horror, dreadful → L/R split
  • holler: to shout (Appalachian English version of "hollo")
  • wholly red → according to one etymology the name Adam means "red"
  • hallowed: Sacred, holy, as would be the apples in the Garden of Eden
  • s The Holly and the Ivy: a Christmas carol → ivvy's
  • Halirrhothius: a son of Poseidon in Greek mythology; he was killed by Ares, who was tried for the crime on a hill in Athens which was thenceforth known as the Hill of Ares or Areopagus → 005.33 aeropagods