Re: [LM_NET] Grey King

[Kimberly Rose <KARose@PUYALLUP.K12.WA.US>]

According to my searching, it means "The mountains are singing, and the
lady will come."  Possibly, the last two lines are in modern literary
Welsh ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language ) and are translated
in the book into English ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
) as "The mountains are singing / and the lady comes". The grammar of
these lines in Welsh is slightly unorthodox, since with the plural noun
subject mynyddoedd 'mountains' the verb should be singular mae, not
plural maent (which would ordinarily be used only with a subject
pronoun), and the following word should be contracted with it, giving
mae’r just as in the next line, rather than maent yr. If the verbal form
maent were to be used, the article following it should be y rather than
yr, as the following noun begins with a consonant. This appears to be a
genuine mistake, and is not a dialect or archaic form of Welsh.
 
That's what I found when I searched!  Hope that helps!  : )
 
Kimberly Rose
National Board Certified Teacher-Librarian
Firgrove Elementary
Puyallup, WA 
roseka@puyallup.k12.wa.us 


>>> LM_NET automatic digest system <LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
3/26/2009 9:57 AM >>>
Date:    Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:37:42 +0000
From:    Pam Gelbmann <pam.gelbmann@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Grey King

Dear Wise Ones,=20
At the beginning of Cooper's the Grey KIng there is a prediction that
ends =
in some Welsh phrases.=20


Y maent yr mynyddoedd yn canu,=20
ac y mae'r arglwyddes yn dod.=20


Does any one know what this translates to? The kids in my reading group
ask=
ed and I didn't know =C2=A0and have not found out from my sources.
Thanks i=
n advance!=20

Pamela K. Gelbmann=20
Wilson Elementary School=20
Anoka, MN=20

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
  You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
  by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL
4) SET LM_NET DIGEST

 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
 * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
 * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
 * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/

--------------------------------------------------------------------