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Dear Don,
The Russian word gorst', then, is the equivalent of the Scottish "gowpen"
which VN used and glossed in ADA:
"...cupped a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands)..." p. 402.
BUT cf. my earlier posting where I mention Brian Boyd's gloss of knackle.
A. Bouazza.
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Subject: [NABOKV-L] PF's knackle of walnuts
From Don Johnson
Re Matt's query re KNACKLE. I think I ran this down once as a dialectical
item but can't locate it at the moment. The answer, however, is the Russian
word gorst' meaning "hollow of the hand, a cupped hand" or "a handful' I
often find it useful when pondering some of VN's usages in PF to check Vera
Nabokov's Russian translation. She uses gorst' for KNACKLE and is, I think,
an authoritative source.
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The Russian word gorst', then, is the equivalent of the Scottish "gowpen"
which VN used and glossed in ADA:
"...cupped a guinea pig in his gowpen (hollowed hands)..." p. 402.
BUT cf. my earlier posting where I mention Brian Boyd's gloss of knackle.
A. Bouazza.
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From: Vladimir Nabokov Forum [mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU]On Behalf
Of D. Barton Johnson
Sent: 18 December 2006 21:02
To: NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU
Subject: [NABOKV-L] PF's knackle of walnuts
From Don Johnson
Re Matt's query re KNACKLE. I think I ran this down once as a dialectical
item but can't locate it at the moment. The answer, however, is the Russian
word gorst' meaning "hollow of the hand, a cupped hand" or "a handful' I
often find it useful when pondering some of VN's usages in PF to check Vera
Nabokov's Russian translation. She uses gorst' for KNACKLE and is, I think,
an authoritative source.
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