NPPF - Canto 4 - Notes
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 12 09:42:07 CDT 2003
--- The Great Quail <quail at libyrinth.com> wrote:
>
> 948: "versipel" -- Shade is comparing his muse to a lycanthrope, a
shapeshifter -- "versipel: a creature that is supposed to change from one form
to another, as the werewolf." From:
>
> http://members.aol.com/rstark1957/Words.html
>
> Keith seems to find this more evidence of something weird going on. Maybe
Maud digs wolves?
Yeah, things just get weirder and weirder, don't they. But where does this
word "versipel" come from (besides the URL above)? I can't find it in any
dictionary.
Vers
(n. sing. & pl.) A verse or verses. See Verse.
David Morris
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