Note 14 — Section 76. A FUNERAL DANCE[1].
Reading edition
[1] Ein Tanz zur Leichenfeier.
[2] were beating = were being beaten. See S. 2, N. 1. To beat a drum, eine Trommel rühren.
[3] horns (were) blowing = horns resounded (ertönen).
[4] Say ‘and one saw all (alles) people run in (nach) one direction.
[5] sich an´schließen, which requires the dat.
[6] in the midst, inmitten, which requires the gen.
[7] entertainment = festivity.
[8] grotesk.
[9] ‘to get up’, here aus´staffieren.
[10] ‘skin’, here Fell, n., of which form a compound expression with the pl. of the nouns ‘leopard’ and ‘monkey’, as explained in S. 71, N. 2.
[11] were suspended = hung; from = von ... herab.
[12] to be strapped, mit einem Riemen befestigt sein; ‘upon’ here an.
[13] schellen; to — dance, während des Tanzens zum Takte.
[14] auf.
[15] style = manner.
[16] created = made.
[17] Say ‘which was (Passive) still heightened’, according to S. 7, N. 3, B.
[18] Use the gen. of the def. art.
[19] ‘nogaras’—which use in its unaltered form in German—are a kind of drum.
[20] notes = sounds.
[21] wore ... suspended = had ... hanging; ‘round’, here an.
[22] To render ‘antelope’s horn’ form a compound noun of the pl. of the noun ‘antelope’ and the singl. of the noun ‘horn’. Comp. S. 36, N. 7, A, B, and C, and mark further:
A. Although the first component of Compound Nouns is generally in the singular, some require the plural; as—Kinderstube, f., nursery; Bildergallerie, f., picture-gallery.
B, 1. The first component takes sometimes one of the genitive inflections s, es, n, en, or ens, according to the declension it belongs to; as—Königsmantel, m., royal mantel; Tageslicht, n., day-light; Heldenmut, m., heroism; Friedensliebe, f., love of peace.
2. We find, however, the terminations s or es used as a connecting link between the two components for the mere sake of euphony, even in cases where the first component is a feminine noun; this is more especially the case when the first component is in itself a compound expression, when it has one of the derivative suffixes heit, ing, ling, keit, schaft, tum, ung, or when it is a noun of foreign origin terminating in ion, at, and ät; as—Geburtstag, m., birthday; Hochzeitsgeschenk, n., wedding present; Weisheitslehre, f., philosophy; Religionsduldung, f., toleration; Universitätsgericht, n., university court.
C. In a few compound nouns we find one of the euphonic terminations e, er, and l used as a connecting link between the two components; as—Tagewerk, n., day’s work; Aschermittwoch, m., Ash-Wednesday; Heidelbeere, bilberry.
D, 1. When the first component consists of the stem of a verb, it is often joined to the second component without a connecting link; as—Schreibbuch, n., copy-book.
2. Sometimes a euphonic e is used as a connection link; as—Zeigefinger, m., forefinger; Haltepunkt, m., place of stopping.
[23] in — excitement = in the highest excitement.