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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Sofia, All Dressed Up


Posted by Matt Duckworth at 10:01 AM
Labels: Breakwater, Cannery Row, Free diving, Harbor Seals, Kayaking, Monterey Bay, Nisus, Otters, Perspective, Sea, Sofia, Therapy, Vision, Yellow
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Tattoo #3

My favorite word--garsecg--from the Old English Beowulf is a kenning or poetic riddle-word for the sea. It means "the spear-man," perhaps the echo of a figure like the Norse Aegir or some other surly northern Neptune. In other texts, garsecg seems to be an adjective meaning "sea-like," "stormy" or "tempestuous."


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