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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Lumbered you & the naughty step
(1) Does "lumbered you" mean "fed you"?
(2) Does "the naughty step" mean "a corner suited for naughty behavior"?
Context:
There are many Bible translations around and somebody (your college teacher?) has lumbered you with a ricketty oldfashioned version that nobody reads nowadays, so tell him to go sit on the naughty step.
Do you know the name of that version?
If we look at the two versions below written in modern english, it's pretty clear that the oldfashioned line "they on heaps Jerusalem have pylde" simply means Jerusalem has been piled into heaps of rubble-
(2) Does "the naughty step" mean "a corner suited for naughty behavior"?
Context:
There are many Bible translations around and somebody (your college teacher?) has lumbered you with a ricketty oldfashioned version that nobody reads nowadays, so tell him to go sit on the naughty step.
Do you know the name of that version?
If we look at the two versions below written in modern english, it's pretty clear that the oldfashioned line "they on heaps Jerusalem have pylde" simply means Jerusalem has been piled into heaps of rubble-
Top answer
) where naughty children are required to sit or remain for a specified punishment period.
- ) where naughty children are required to sit or remain for a specified punishment period.
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'Lumber' = load, load heavily, encumber
'Naughty step' = a step (or corner, etc.) where naughty children are required to sit or remain for a specified punishment period.
'Naughty step' = a step (or corner, etc.) where naughty children are required to sit or remain for a specified punishment period.
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