15-07-2017, 08:20 PM
(15-07-2017, 07:54 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Just dropping in to say that "klaebe" is certainly glued. It's cognate with for example Dutch "kleven", to glue.
The specific nature of the "klaebe" root is that it always involves a sticky substance
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Also, I can't be of much help with the subject of this thread, but I'm reading it with great interest!
Cleave can also mean "to cling" or "adhere" in a different sense, as in two people in a tight hug who are "cleaving" to each other. In the old Biblical sense, "to cleave" is to be in an intimate embrace. I was reluctant to commit to it meaning glue because the farther you go back in time, the less the word klaebe is associated with glue.
In Danish, when they refer to something that's glued, they usually use "lim" (pronounced leem), limet (glued).
I'm still on the fence about it, but kind of prefer "attached" as it reflects the ambiguity.