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Posted: Sep. 22 2009, 21:28 |
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Quote (Ugo @ April 04 2009, 02:17) | According to an Italian website about the meaning and history of names, "Hergest" is the Celtic variant of the much more common Germanic name "Ernst", which means "honest". Also, according to the same website, "Hergest" comes from the German words "Herr" (man) + "Gast" (guest, but also host), meaning a man who welcomes other people, so it's quite similar to the positive connotation of "Ernst". |
Wow, years without seing the answers to this post. I consider, with all my full respect and consideration for other sharings, this Ugo's sharing about it the ultimate succesful answer to the question.
Even more, i love the meaning of it, and the fact that, as I remotely suspected, German language was involved, which adds more and more magic and, as someone said, mystery, to the whole.
OK, so young Mike was on the Hill of the Welcoming Man, even with all his fears and doubts about himself and others.
That is great news, a little bit more of this a beautiful and naive and dreamy puzzle of our Old History of the Unique and Timelessly Wonderful Music of Mike Oldfield.
-------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes
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