Posy Ring

[Phil2401]

Everybody likes a posy ring and this morning on a club dig I've ticked it off my 'most wanted' list

Using my trusty old Deus I, standard 9" black coil, firmware version 3.2, Deus Fast program, this little one came up from a barley stubble field only about 3" down.

I've done a Google search of the common posy ring inscriptions but can't quite nail the meaning of this one - it appears to read 'Thy desert hath won my heart'... anybody got any ideas about whether it does actually say 'desert' or something else? And if it is 'desert', what could be the meaning in this context?

Anyway, shortly off to the FLO with the hope of its return

Thanks for looking

Phil

[Dave The Slave]

Nice find , Phil.
No reference on inscription.
Could mean, absence makes the heart grow fonder ?
Cheers,
Dave.

[Alan Black]

'Thy desert hath won my heart'... anybody got any ideas about whether it does actually say 'desert' or something else?

A variation of "TIS THY DESERT HATH WOONE MY HEART".

[Bradrick]

Well done Phil... an excellent find matey.

[Phil2401]

A variation of "TIS THY DESERT HATH WOONE MY HEART".

Thanks Alan - but what does that mean?

Phil

[RuthB]

Wonderful find Phil, well done
I think they’re really special

[Stubble trouble]

That’s lovely, well found.

[Phil2401]

Just a bit more research - the 'long' S was often used to represent a double 's'. So it might refer to dessert rather than desert - the mind boggles......

Phil

[Bardolph]

"Desert" as an adjective meant deserving, or worthy of merit. As a noun, it means reward or merit. We still say that someone "got his just deserts".

The first time that this word can be found printed in in English was in William Caxton's translation of a medieval French poem, the Knight of the Tower, published 1484:

"God rewarded eche of them after their deserte and meryte"

[Phil2401]

"Desert" as an adjective meant deserving, or worthy of merit. As a noun, it means reward or merit. We still say that someone "got his just deserts".

The first time that this word can be found printed in in English was in William Caxton's translation of a medieval French poem, the Knight of the Tower, published 1484:

"God rewarded eche of them after their deserte and meryte"

Thanks Bardolph. Interesting. In the first instance 'just deserts' is in present day spelling 'just desserts' - i.e. suffering the aftermath of a wrongful action.

Caxton's version is a possibility - 'deserte' might have meant deserving of reward?

In this case though the word 'desert' could well mean 'deservedness' - doesn't seem very romantic though....

Phil

[sweepstick47]

Well done indeed Phil, beautiful find mate Cheers Eric

[Bardolph]

Hi Phil- check your dictionary, and I think that you will see that deserts, as in "just deserts" does not have a double s.

[KevinB]

Great find Phil, well done..... . So refreshing after digging all the old tat!!!!.....

Maybe he cooked her a lovely meal and it was the "dessert" that blew her old socks off!!.....Maybe?.............

[Phil2401]

Hi Phil- check your dictionary, and I think that you will see that deserts, as in "just deserts" does not have a double s.

You are absolutely correct Bardolph - apologies So that reinforces the potential meaning in this particular instance.

Phil

[Batman]

Brilliant