Legenda: Eale

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Eale

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The story of The Yale is adapted from Isidore's Etymologiae, Solinus, Honorius's Imago Mundi and the text of the Aberdeen Bestiary, supplemented with information from Hofmann's Lexicon Universale.

For more information about the yale, visit the Eale in the Zoo. You can also visit the Yale page at the bestiary.ca website for a discussion in English, bibliography and other useful references.

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Est animal quod dicitur eale, fera Aethiopiae, nigro colore	nigro colore: ablative of description quod: relative pronoun, antecedent is animal colore: the o is long, so penultimate stress
cuius est magnitudo equi fluviatilis maxilla apri cauda elephantis.	cuius: relative pronoun, antecedent is animal
Cornua praefert ultra modum longa, mobilia, quae alterna in pugna sistit variatque infesta aut obliqua, utcumque ratio monstravit.	quae: relative pronoun, antecedent is cornua obliqua: the i is long, so penultimate stress
Nempe cornua eius ab radice mobilia sunt, unde cum a fronte pugna est, tum infesta dirigit cornua:	radice: the i is long, so penultimate stress
si a latere aggreditur hostis, tum ea obliquat.
Nec enim rigent, sed moventur ut usus exigit proeliandi,	enim: postpositive usus...proeliandi: split phrase
quorum unum post tergum reflectit et cum alio pugnat, illo obtuso aliud ad certamen vibrat.	quorum: relative pronoun, antecedent is cornua illo obtuso: ablative absolute obtuso: the u is long, so penultimate stress
Hippopotamis comparatur; et eale sane aquis fluminum gaudet;	et: adverbial use of et ("the eale likewise...")
horret in aqua et in terra aequaliter valet.