(18-12-2025, 12:25 AM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I think there still are the two possibilities: (1) that pox literally means 'of a male goat' or (2) that it is part of a minced oath.
After sleeping on it for a night, I definitely agree with Rene. There is now one more variant that has been confirmed by a source. We don't know whether it really refers to an edible pox liver or a curse/oath, etc. And the real problem is that there are possible readings of the following two words for both variants.
Based on my own completely unqualified attempts at translation, I believe that the second part is a mocking speech about the writer's “superior,” so in this context, I currently consider it more likely that a real liver is meant.
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