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Friday, July 31, 2015
Arch Rock: A Series
I just kept watching the flow of water. Other times, I've paddled through the arch, but the tide was too high and there was too much energy from the southwest swell to chance that this time. I'm a cautious paddler.
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."