Ultreia (if you are not a word buff, delete and spare the boredom)

[Maura Santangelo]

Thank you Linda, I certainly would like to know the source

Maura
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 06:19 PM, davidson wrote:

> Good point on "sus" meaning above. If you went to the monastery of San
> Millan
> de la Cogolla (outside Najera)
> you'll remember that there were 2 buildings, suso  and  yuso:  suso
> meaning
> the one up on the hill that overlooks the valley.
>
> I'm not a linguist, but I second the idea that ultreya (etc) is from
> vulgar
> latin. It is found written in the "Dum pater familias" song at the end
> of the
> LIber Sancti Jacobi -- and the song was hastily written with sparse
> musical
> notations. I can even venture the thought that its actual spelling in
> the Dpf
> song is an approximation.
>
> The word "ultreia" is also found in a couple of medieval French
> crusade songs,
> refering to over the sea, that is, the holy land.
> I'll try to drag out some other details from earlier reading if you
> think it
> would be worthwhile.
>
>
> Linda Davidson
> dgitlitzaaol.com
>