Re: The state of Geilich?
- From: MBernet@xxxxxxx
- Date: 25 May 2008 13:53:24 -0700
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In a message dated 5/24/2008 5:11:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
henry.best1@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I've received some information about an ancestor's wedding in Holland in
1733. The bride is noted as: Mata bat Meyer z.l. from the State of Geilich.
Does anyone in the group know where Geilich was?
==I googled it. 17,000, mentions, apparently all names. See also spelling
with double ll.
==However, the adjective geil from which geilich is derived, has a meaning
in German. Today it refers almost exclusively to sexual lust or desire. In
more sedate times it meant "desirous," or "eager...keen...be crazy about"
or "luxuriant" (of vegetation.)
==Perhaps if this was in a light, bantering message it was suggesting that
the bride was in a "state" of eagerness or excitement to marry the groom.
Michael Bernet, New York
mbernet@xxxxxxx
MODERATOR NOTE: Thanks, Michael, for adding a note of humor to the discussion!
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