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1. das letzte Körnchen Goldes (the genit. after a simple noun of measure, is obsolete and poetical), for the more common Körnchen Gold.

2. Bába (cf. page 24, note 2). Cóaja (two syllabic, pronounce oa = ō, and j as in German), Roumanian, related to Lat. “cortex” and Eng. “cork.”

3. Alba (from Lat: albus, a, um, “white”).

4. es (introductory and grammatical subject). Logical subject? Cf. page 16, note 5.