Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 1 (of 2)Scott, Walter
History
Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 1 (of 2)
Scott, Walter
France -- History -- Louis XI, 1461-1483 -- Fiction
(_h_) p. 299. "A tall man, attired in red." The headsman was, in fact,
"a short man with a short sword," the executioner of Colmar (Kirk,
"Charles the Bold," ii. 240). Hagenbach was racked four times before
his death. "Schilling confesses that a general sympathy was excited by
Hagenbach's Christian-like demeanour." His real name was Peter. Mr.
Kirk endeavours to "whitewash" Hagenbach. As that unfortunate hero had
"a gaunt countenance deeply caved between the jaw-bones, and restless
searching blood-shot eyes" ("Vitæ SS. Gervasii et Prothasii," 1506),
we may presume that his character was unamiable.
ANDREW LANG.
_May 1894._
GLOSSARY.
=Abye=, to pay the penalty of, to atone for.
=Aigrette=, a plume of feathers.
=Alembic=, an old chemical apparatus or vessel, used for
distilling.
=Astucious=, astute, shrewd, cunning.
=Baaren-hauter=, a nickname for a German private soldier.
=Ban-dog=, a large fierce dog.
=Banneret=, a standard-bearer.
=Banquette=, the walk behind the parapet of a fortress.
=Barbican=, the outwork defending the gate of a fortress.
=Bartizan=, a small overhanging turret or projecting
parapet.
=Brache=, a kind of sporting dog.
=Braggadocio=, a blusterer, a boaster.
=Caftan=, a long robe worn by men in the East.
"=Cour plénière=," in ancient French history a gathering of
all a king's vassals.
=Cresset=, a large kind of candlestick for holding a small
fire or illuminant.
=Dalmatic=, =dalmatique=, a long ecclesiastical robe.
=Diet=, the national assembly.
=Doomsmen=, all who gathered at the doom, or great popular
court of the ancient Scandinavians.
=Dorf=, a village.
=Double-ganger=, =Doppelgänger=, a spectral counterpart of a
living person.
=Earth-shoot=, a landslip.
=Emprise=, feat, enterprise.
=Espadon=, a long heavy sword.
"=Fain, to make one=," to please, to give pleasure or joy
to.
=Faustrecht=, the right claimed by the petty barons of the
Empire to wage private warfare.
=Folter-kammer=, a torture-chamber.
=Gammon=, a smoked ham.
=Gauds=, trinkets, ornaments.
=Gear=, business, affair; property.
=Geierstein=, vulture-stone.
=Graffs-lust=, the count's delight.
=Hauberk=, a shirt of mail.
=Hauptman=, a captain.
=Hundred=, an old subdivision of the English counties.
=Kreutzer=, a German copper coin, worth one third of a penny
English.
=Lammer-geier=, the bearded vulture.
=Landamman=, the chief magistrate in a Swiss canton.
=Landvogt=, a bailiff.
=Lanzknecht=, a German mercenary soldier.
=Largesse=, a free distribution of money.
=Leaguer=, a camp.
=Losel=, a slothful person.
=Lyme-hound=, a large dog.
"=Maen Gorsedd=," the stone of the British bards.
=Mail=, a trunk.
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