[HN Gopher] Dool-Hoff: A Dutch Maze with New Jerusalem at Its Ce...
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       Dool-Hoff: A Dutch Maze with New Jerusalem at Its Centre (1705)
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2023-02-25 05:07 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | OrderlyTiamat wrote:
       | It might be worth to point out that "doolhof" is literally the
       | Dutch word for maze. According to etymologiebank.nl it originated
       | in the 16th century, as a composition of "dolen" (wandering,
       | having lost the way) with "hof".
        
         | joostdevries wrote:
         | For those who speak Dutch: here's a higher, more readable,
         | resolution at the Rijksmuseum.
         | https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-76.978
        
         | johnyzee wrote:
         | > ... with "hof"
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         | Which means (court)yard. In some languages, it exclusively
         | means the royal court. Its origin is apparently obscure, but I
         | am guessing it derives from the Nordic word for 'head' ('huvd'
         | in Swedish), which is also the base for the nordic word for
         | ruler ('hovding' in Swedish).
        
           | Insanity wrote:
           | Hof is still used as yard in "Belgian Dutch" (Flemish). At
           | least in some dialects such as my grandparents'
        
             | oplaadpunt wrote:
             | To add to this, it can still have a similar meaning in
             | regular Dutch. I would usually associate the yard-like
             | meaning with the diminutive form 'hofje', and the the
             | (royal) court meaning with an included article: 'het hof'
             | (_the_ court).
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Town
        
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