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--- Henrik Theiling <theiling@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> Hehe. :-) I also noticed that 'lyng' ('language' in
> �rj.) is a plant
> in Icelandic whose name I fail to know in English
> right now
> (de. 'Heidekraut'). I suppose many others will
> follow...
Heather, I believe. Also a girl's name here.
Would the two meanings of Heide in German, and the
similarity of Heather/heathen in English be more than
a coincidence? Was the plant of some pagan
significance? Is that why the gypsies try to sell you
"lucky heather"?
Peter