Originally posted by Bosse de NageI like chaitable thrust, I imagine the idea of the Centurion and his spear:
I was focusing on the sounds of the words so I gave myself some poetic licence. A coup de grace (delivered to put someone out of their misery) would quite literally be a charitable (merciful) thrust if delivered with a knife ("misericord" was also on my mind). My dictionary gives "need" & "wish" (Anliegen) for Bedürfnis.
Speed (the movement)
Radius (The arc of the blade)
Descent (The blade into the body)
It makes it more concieveable I feel, thoughts?