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Thread #129074 Message #2894614
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
26-Apr-10 - 11:17 AM
Thread Name: help with Latin. Laudemus virginem
Subject: help with Latin. Laudemus virginem
Last night I worked on a fun song from the 14th C. 'Red Book of Vermell'. I know the general meaning, but I would like to know what each Latin word means. I can guess much of it.
I'm putting the words below, and where it is blank after the dash, I would appreciate it if someone who knows Latin would tell me what that word means.
Laudemus - we praise
virginem - the virgin
mater est - who is mother
et - and
ejus - ?
filius - son?
Ihesus - Jesus
est - is
Plangemus -
scelera
acriter
Sperantes - hope?
in Ihesum - in Jesus
jugiter -
Also, how do I say 'scelera'? (This would be medieval Latin.)
My gang will love this piece, which is a three-part round sung by pilgrims on their way to Santiago in Spain during the middle ages.