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On Adam …delvedand Eve ho was the gentleman?
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What do delve and span mean in this quotation from John Ball's sermon addressing the rebels
of the Peasant's Revolt?
When Adam delved and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?
It doesn't seem to fit the usual meaning of delve as in "to dig into," and I have no idea what
Eve would be spinning in the Garden of Eden.
verbs meaning-in-context
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asked Apr 30 '11 at 10:24
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Back when our righteous forefathers worked, who among them would have been better than
the other, who would have observed any class distinctions?
That massage would have soundly resonated with the rebels of the Peasant Revolt John Ball
was preaching to.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast
eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the
ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it
wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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answered Apr 30 '11 at 10:59
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+1 - "Gentleman" in fact used to essentially mean "a man who doesn't have to work for a living".
My impression is that folks like P.T. Barnum, by using it regularly as outrageous flattery, started the
modern corruption of the meaning down to "a polite word for man". – T.E.D. Nov 12 '12 at 19:40
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Spinning was women's work. Weaving and tailoring, not so much. Not so long ago, almost all women spent
all their available free minutes spinning, because it takes a damn lot of thread to make fabric. However, in
many places that thread would then be delivered to a weaver to be made into cloth, and then taken from the
weaver to a tailor to be made into clothes. Both of those were specific occupations, as likely to be held by a
man as a woman. Also, spinning requires a spindle (and for some fiber types, a distaff); neither of those is
needed for weaving. – Marthaª Nov 27 '12 at 18:32
@Marthaª no doubt knows better than me. Could I fix this? – Uticensis Oct 28 '13 at 18:36
A man'a a man for a that! – Fattie Jun 16 '15 at 15:58
@martha, I think you should just boldly edit this (totally superb) answer. As you explain, "eve
span" refers to her spinning thread. The comments about weaving etc. are incorrect. The answer is
otherwise wholly superb so you should just edit it, since it looks like Uti. is taking a break. – Fattie Jun 16
'15 at 16:03
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Essentially the point John Ball made was that originally there was no feudal hierarchy, so
feudalism was not ordained by God. All should work, as peasants did but gentlemen did not.
After Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden, he was presumably a farmer like his sons, and
she had to made clothes to cover their recently discovered nakedness.
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words or phrases having a figurative meaning that goes beyond the original semantics of the
word(s). For example, the phrase "keep your breath to cool your porridge" is more likely to
paremiology ..proverbs
Ad libitum…la alegere
Ad infinitum…again and again
Ex 3/ p sase
Calugarii au scris manuscriptele asa ca era
lb latina plus engl
Apoi cucerirea angliei de catre
normanzi….engl plus franceza
Angliii cavalerii teutoni care veneau din
olanda…popoarele invadatoare
Semantica…de la intelesuri
etimologia….proveninta
Book….booklet small
Encyclopedia 1889…….o carte Elemente
de terminologie..Al.I.Cuza…evrei….
Notiune si Termen are un singur sens sec
19…terminologie medicala…multimea
cuvintelor LEXICON GLOSSAR…
CARTI CARE DESCRIU CUVINTE…
meserie morar….cuvinte din terminologia
I am the grass I cover all…sa luam
legatura cu persoane in varsta..sa facem
foto si sa pastram cuvintele
Chapter 3.pdf
Homelet..casuta
Usa deschisa…intredeschisa…un suffix,
prefix..
Foundling..un om gasit, orfan, bastard…
nascut inafara casatoriei..arata atitudine
empatica, brutala…
Princeling…beizadea
P cinsprezece Parasynthetic…sufixex
prefixes …..simoultaneous multiple
affixation named parasynthesis….un
forget able
Ex 12…logic..stiinta..adjectivul logical
Historic a man…historical
view/monuments
Thefreedictionary.com….preferatul dnei
Florina Popescu
Coumponding…. Marchand 19saizeci si 9
Whole syntagma…
a.compound somebody
b.Hyphened compounds…North -
America, light - hearted
c.Open styled grandfather s clock ceas
cu pendul
GBShow….Care este:Regula de aur a
pronuntarii…a raspuns : Regula de aur
este ca nu are nicio regula…
Webstar 1928….Dictionar primul
a.Juxtaposition: heartache
b.composition speedometer
cut price vb plus noun
noun plus past part forte aeropurtate air –
borne troups, air borne experts
hand – made air –condicationed
a blue ey +ed …adj + noun +ed
stiff = theapa …stiff –necked pers teapana
bushy –tailed …veverita bushy, bush=
golden eyed
adj plus noun + edself ….pers care se
autdedica self sacrificing
time consuming…..
coada de topor….sta in noroi stick in the
mud…noroi
Un dictionary de sinonime…
Trip voyage journey in jurul lumii….
….ideea de ase deplasa
Ex1…. Pg 21
Curly haired….. adj + noun +ed
Traducerea comprimata sterge din
originalitate…
harpareatza..aduna
orice cuv
Iscariotanul…scaraotchi,,rusa Iuda Iscariotianul
Mircea
Platon..etimologie
Iasi…