question

[Otto]

>
>
> > Samuel Moyer wrote:
> >
> > Can someone please tell me what the phrase "no quarter"
> > means.  For example:  Pp. 188-89 "St. George and no
> > quarter."  I keep coming across the words "no quarter" and
> > would love to know just what it means... thanks. Sam
>
> What book are you reading Sam? Pp. 188-89 of what book.
>
> I think quarter means mercy, or clemency, usually it refers
> to the mercy shown to
> the vanquished by the victors, so no quarter means no mercy
> for the defeated party, kinda like what the Germans did in
> Hereoland or maybe I just picked that up off the back of a
> Led Zeppelin album.

I checked the German translation of V. (which isn't the best I admit) and it
says "Der heilige Georg und kein Nachtlager" - no place to stay for the
night.

Otto