The first page of the Book of Genesis from the original 1611 printing of the King James Bible
Since my first list of such words has generated so much interest, here is a second:
furniture saddle, Gen 31:34. Pity the poor horse whose rider gets this one confused!
gin contraption, snare, Job 18:9; Pss 140:5; 141:9; Isa 8:44; Amos 3:5. Perhaps the reason we get “cotton gin” for “a machine used in harvesting cotton”?
halt lame Matt 18:8; Mark 9:45; Luke 14:21; John 5:3. halt(eth) (ed) (1) is (was) lame, Mic 4:6,7; Zeph 3:19. (2) limped, Gen 32:31. One can at least see the connection here . . .
harness armor, 1 Kgs 20:11; 22:34; 2 Chr 9:24; 18:33. harnessed armed, Exod 13:18. Pity the poor knight whose groom got this one confused! Continue reading
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians
Grateful to the dead 