Scorpio 15: Children playing arou nd five mounds of sand

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marriage.1 F i n a l l y , t he w o r d p l a yi n g d e s ce n d s f r o m t h e I n d o - E u r op e a n ( IE ) r o o t d le gh - w h i c h m e a n s t o e n g a g e o n e s e l f. 2 P a r o n y m s i n c l u d e in du l ge , p le dge , p l i gh t, a n d re p l e vin ( a n a c t i on t o r e co v e r p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y sa i d o r c l a i me d t o b e u n l a w f u l l y taken).
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p ru n e, ro t u n d, a n d ro t u n da . T he l a t t e r r o o t , ru -no - , m e a n s m y st e r y ,
s e c r e t a n d i s a Ge r m a n i c a n d C e lt i c t e c h n i c a l t e r m o f m a g i c . P a r o n y m s i n c l u d e t he w o r d s ru n e a n d ru nn ym ede . 5 T h e w o r d f i v e i s a d e r i v a t i v e o f t he I n d o - E u r o p e a n r o o t p e n kw e- , w h i c h m e a n s fi ve . I t s p a r on y m s i n c l u d e f i f t h, f i f t y, f i n, f i s t, f o i st ,

f i n ge r, pe n ta go n , p u n c h ( a b e v e ra g e o f f r u i t j u i ce s ) , q u in t et , a n d q u i n t up l e. 6
A mou nd i s a r o u n d e d m a s s p r oj e c t i n g a b o v e a s u r f a c e . 7 I t s o r i g i n i s u n c e r t a i n . A c c o r d i n g t o t h e O n l in e E tym o l o gi c a l D i c ti o na ry i t i s c o m m o n l y s up p ose d t o b e f r o m O l d E n g l i s h m un d ( ha n d , p r o t e c t i on , g u a r d i a n s h i p ) b ut t h i s i s n o t ce r t a i n . P e r h a p s ( i t i s ) a co n f u s i o n o f
1 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=child 2 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 21 3 http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/replevin 4 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 71 5 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 72 6 Watkins, C. (2000), The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo European Roots, p. 64 7 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mound?view=uk Starling Hunter 2011 1

t h e M i d d l e D u t c h m o n d ( p r ot e c t i o n ) u s e d i n mi l i t a r y s e n s e f o r f o r t i f i c a t i o n s o f v a r i o u s t y p e s , i n c l u di n g e a r t h w o r k s, a n d i n f l e c t i o n o f m o u n t . 8 TH EMES : O n e o f t he t h e me s h e r e h a s t o d o w i t h t he HA NDS . R e c a l l t h a t t he p a r o n y m s o f f i v e i n c l u d e t h e w o r d s f i s t a n d f in ge r . T h u s w e ha v e t h e f i ve fi n ge rs o f t h e h a n d a n d w e ha v e t h e m b a l le d i n t o a f i s t . A l s o a m o n g t h e de r i v a t i v e s o f t h i s r o o t i s t h e w o r d p u n c h w h i c h h e r e r e f e r s to a fruit drink but whose homonym means to hit with the fist. Then r e c a l l t h a t t he w o r d moun d de s c e n d s f r o m a r o o t t h a t me a n s ha n d i n a f i g u r a t i v e se n se , a s p r o t e c t i on a n d g u a r d i a n s h i p . A l s o, o n e o f t he p a r o n y m s o f rou nd i s t he w o r d c o n t rol w h i c h i s a s y n o n ym o f h a n d w h e n t h e l a t t e r me a n s p o s s e s si o n , o w n e r s hi p , k e e p i n g, p o w e r , o r j u r i s d i ct i o n . A s e c o n d t he m e c on c e r n s RO UND NE SS . Re c a l l t h a t a mou nd i s a ro un d mass.

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