![]() ![]() Nay, even more than this, the oftener gold is subjected to the action of fire, the more refined in quality it becomes indeed, fire is one test of its goodness, as, when submitted to intense heat, gold ought to assume a similar colour, and turn red and igneous in appearance a mode of testing which is known as "obrussa. ![]() This seems puzzling, but it might stem from an ancient practice of testing the purity of gold by heating it in Middle English red gold was "pure gold" (c. Greek khrysos probably is from Semitic.įrom Homer on through Middle English, "red" often is given as a characteristic color of pure gold or objects made from it. ![]() Forgetting her manners, she walks right in. While picking blueberries, Goldilocks stumbles on the three bears’ home. Finnish kulta is from German Hungarian izlot is from Slavic. This is a beautiful book with a fresh ending to the traditional story. We hope you think it's not too hot, not too cold, but JUST RIGHT This story is featured in our Favorite Fairy Tales. The root is the general Indo-European one for "gold," found in Germanic, Balto-Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic zlato, Russian zoloto, "gold"), and Indo-Iranian. Goldilocks and the Three Bears was originally titled The Story of the Three Bears, published in the collection English Fairytales, retold by Flora Annie Steel (1922), illustrated by Arthur Rackham. "precious metal noted for its color, luster, malleability, and freedom from rust or tarnish," Old English gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulthan "gold" (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German gold, German Gold, Middle Dutch gout, Dutch goud, Old Norse gull, Danish guld, Gothic gulþ), from PIE root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives denoting gold (the "bright" metal). ![]()
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