Comments on: Beguile http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/beguile/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ængelfolc http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/beguile/comment-page-1/#comment-43618 Ængelfolc Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:31:43 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/21/beguile/#comment-43618 To Add--the word's first roots are Germanic. Old French got the word from Frankish. The spelling changed because Germanic "w-" becomes Romance "gu-"; . O.N.Fr. speakers(Normans being Germanic [Norse Vikings], said the Frankish "w" without a hitch, since the first tongue of their forebearers was Old Norse (likely Danish). English, a lot of times, took in both spellings; see warranty & guarantee, Sp. guerilla, among other Germanic Romance words. O.E. be- "thoroughly" (+) O.Fr. guile "wile, trick", which is from Frankish *wigila "trick, ruse." Guile is akin to O.E. w?l "trick." See O.N.Fr. *wile, which is the same word < from O.N. vél "trick, craft". M.E. word was bigilen. O.Fr. gave English the same word back with a French spelling and uttering: wile and guile. Wile was already in English before hand. To Add–the word’s first roots are Germanic. Old French got the word from Frankish. The spelling changed because Germanic “w-” becomes Romance “gu-”; . O.N.Fr. speakers(Normans being Germanic [Norse Vikings], said the Frankish “w” without a hitch, since the first tongue of their forebearers was Old Norse (likely Danish). English, a lot of times, took in both spellings; see warranty & guarantee, Sp. guerilla, among other Germanic Romance words.

O.E. be- “thoroughly” (+) O.Fr. guile “wile, trick”, which is from Frankish *wigila “trick, ruse.” Guile is akin to O.E. w?l “trick.” See O.N.Fr. *wile, which is the same word < from O.N. vél "trick, craft". M.E. word was bigilen.

O.Fr. gave English the same word back with a French spelling and uttering: wile and guile. Wile was already in English before hand.

]]> By: margie http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/beguile/comment-page-1/#comment-41288 margie Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:26:50 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/21/beguile/#comment-41288 Thanks for the great response. When I hear the word "beguile" I always think of Salome,and now I know why. Since I'm writing about a witch I'm going to use "beguile". Thanks for the great response. When I hear the word “beguile” I always think of Salome,and now I know why. Since I’m writing about a witch I’m going to use “beguile”.

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