Help with some terms

hannover-l
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Hello list friends,

Could you please help me with a couple terms ...

1) An abbreviation which is either spelled "Wei" or "Wey" (or "Weÿ" mit
umlauts) that appears before personal names or nouns indicating a
person. Examples seen in the list of "Copulirte":

"des wey. Häusling"
"seiner wey. Ehefrau"
"des Wei. Hans Augustin"
"des Weÿ. Wilhelm Duden"

2) The term "nachgelaßenen" as in "seiner nachgelaßenen wittwe".

Thanks,

Brad

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Hello Brad,

erstwhile adv. weiland veraltet
formerly adv. weiland veraltet - vormals
once adv. weiland veraltet - einst
whilom - formerly adv. archaic weiland - einst, einstmals veraltet

posthumous adj. nachgelassen ??

Best regards
Manfred

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Hello Brad,

intrinsically "nachgelassene Witwe" is a toutological term.

Regards Manfred

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"seiner nachgelaßenen wittwe"
his bereaved widow

is probably closer

ta,
\lars

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Danke Lars, ich hätte dich auch gleich fragen sollen, aber LEO.org hat mich nicht auf die richtige Spur gebracht.

Gruß auf die andere Seite, Manfred

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true - :o)
"nachlassen" (in this context had the meaning of "leaving someone behind".)

ta,
\lars
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Hi Brad,

Wei. Or wey is an abbreviation for weiland or weyland and in the context you
note it means deceased. The term nachgelassenen literally means left behind
or surviving.

Paul

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Hello list friends,

Could you please help me with a couple terms ...

1) An abbreviation which is either spelled "Wei" or "Wey" (or "Weÿ" mit
umlauts) that appears before personal names or nouns indicating a
person. Examples seen in the list of "Copulirte":

"des wey. Häusling"
"seiner wey. Ehefrau"
"des Wei. Hans Augustin"
"des Weÿ. Wilhelm Duden"

2) The term "nachgelaßenen" as in "seiner nachgelaßenen wittwe".

Thanks,

Brad

HelloBrad,
this is the abbreviation of "weiland" and means that the person is already
dead.
Greatings from
Angela (Fischer)

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Brad,
in the US we use the word 'late', example: the 'late' wife of or....the
late Wilhelm Duden...

Ursula

Brad Hernlem wrote: