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Thread #45881   Message #678968
Posted By: DMcG
29-Mar-02 - 03:13 PM
Thread Name: Twa Corbies - transl. into Engl, please
Subject: RE: Twa Corbies - transl. into Engl, please
You have the words right, according to Prof Child

A dyke is a ditch; the hause-bane is his skull, I think. I don't know what 'fail' means in this context.