Somerlein (SUHM-er-lane)
Etymology:
'somer' - Sanskrit > (most European languages) > Middle English: Season
'lein' - (derived from lien) - Latin > Old French > French: bond > to bind.
"To be bound to the seasons" - to accept the coming and going of things, the nature of things. To accept and learn to live with life and death, to accept change and things beyond one's control.
Noun (1) - A feeling of tremendous peace or ease, vulnerable acceptance. (Walking around her grandfather's old cabin at dusk filled her with somerlein.)
Noun (2) - A stoic appreciation for the way something is; Acknowledgement of the way things are. (She entered into the divorce proceedings with a new found somerlein, realizing the divorce was better for everyone.)
Adjective - Very peaceful, secure. (The lake that she used to swim in as a child was somerlein.)
Etymology:
'somer' - Sanskrit > (most European languages) > Middle English: Season
'lein' - (derived from lien) - Latin > Old French > French: bond > to bind.
"To be bound to the seasons" - to accept the coming and going of things, the nature of things. To accept and learn to live with life and death, to accept change and things beyond one's control.
Noun (1) - A feeling of tremendous peace or ease, vulnerable acceptance. (Walking around her grandfather's old cabin at dusk filled her with somerlein.)
Noun (2) - A stoic appreciation for the way something is; Acknowledgement of the way things are. (She entered into the divorce proceedings with a new found somerlein, realizing the divorce was better for everyone.)
Adjective - Very peaceful, secure. (The lake that she used to swim in as a child was somerlein.)
