anþÄrre
OK. Last post for this sentence. anþÄrre is the attribute ‘leaning’. ñi jÄ«lkena cÄ“ jaþÄrre Årra therefore is ‘the letter c (became) leaned over’. The final phrase Ä“ jawÄññerÄñi jīþi nÄ Ä« is ‘and many other mysteries also’. I blogged jawÄññerÄñ back in March as part of a relay text where I defined it as ‘riddle’ or ‘paradox’. I would say that ‘mystery’ fits right in there.
temme Ä“ jaþēλi ien jakÄ Änen ansÄorÄ«ki ien jaxÅ«na Änen anrÅ«Ä“li Ä« xiÄ“n jÄ“ jÄxÄ«sse jÄ«lke Ä« jÄo ja la sÅ«jatÄ Ä“ jÄo sÅ«jÅl ien jiÄ“xa Änen jasÄ“si Ä« jÅrrisi Ä“ jatatÄ“n ien ñi jÄ«lkena cÄ“ jaþÄrre Årra Ä“ jawÄññerÄñi jīþi nÄ Ä«;
“He said to him the ideas: the doings of consonants; the pattern of vowels, and also concerning the writing line and that which is beneath it and that above it; the usefulness of dots and end-marks; and the reason the letter ‘c’ leaned over, and many other mysteries also.”
Compare this to Lord Dunsany’s sentence:
“He taught the use of consonants, the reason of vowels, the way of the downstrokes and the up; the time for capital letters, commas, and colons; and why the ‘j’ is dotted, with many another mystery.”
I’m pleased with it.
