Randulfs, I have a Gothic etymological dictionary (Holthausen) which includes some reconstructed names. I haven't quite figured out how the author determined...
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r_scherp
Jan 5, 2010 3:34 am
Hails! I imagine someone here has taken the trouble to reconstruct the known Gothic names. I would be very interested in this. For example, Theoderic is...
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dciurchea
Dec 30, 2009 8:22 pm
I believe it is instructive to note that the "Basileic Gets" were reported in antiquity and the Voyevode institution remained active in Slavic feuds such as...
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dciurchea
Dec 30, 2009 7:50 pm
In fact, not a matter of scale but of language. For Slavic(and Romanian) peoples around, Voyevode means anakes == judge, ruler, king (just google on...
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r_scherp
Dec 30, 2009 6:59 pm
Hails Gotenfreund! We shall send you to Russia to look for traces of the Goths there; though you may need to add Turkish to your impressive arsenal of...
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gotenfreund
Dec 30, 2009 5:43 am
yes, thank you, I've enjoyed using the Lambdin text, especially the copious practice exercises. My only peeve is that he doesn't differentiate between (ai,...
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gotenfreund
Dec 30, 2009 5:35 am
I don't think the Slavic etymology is as absurd as you make it sound. 1. There is a semantic (and developmental) equivalent in the Germanic languages: German...
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Marja Erwin
marja376
Dec 29, 2009 9:07 pm
Is this simply an objection to the change in scale? English "folk" (human beings in general) and German "Volk" (a people) have cognates ranging from a whole...
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dciurchea
Dec 29, 2009 8:24 pm
Everybody is aware of this slavic "translation" which makes no sense at all. The office is of King/Basileus not colonel....
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solunvar
Dec 29, 2009 7:27 am
Hi, I'm Konrad, born and raised in Belgium. I'm a native speaker of Dutch, learned how to speak French from the age of onwards, am proficient enough in German...
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Claire Knudsen-Latta
monkshoodtea
Dec 29, 2009 12:16 am
I'm studying from Lambdin independently as well, I've found him to be quite a competent textbook author and hope you have as well. I'm just starting modern...
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gotenfreund
Dec 29, 2009 12:11 am
Hails! I am a new member from the USA. I have spent the last year studying Lambdin's Introduction to the Gothic Language. I also have studied Icelandic,...
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Ivan Kotliarov
lrpg@...
Dec 28, 2009 11:50 pm
In latin the equivalent is Dominus and Voievod(Voyevoda) - in romanian - meaning "I allow you=Voie va dau(a da voie==to allow; va=to you ", fitting the Greek...
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Lars Larsen
brugerfejl
Dec 28, 2009 11:50 pm
Oscar this is interesting, I was not aware that the interpretation was wrong. I'll look at your previous postings. Ingemar, I know how Cernunnos looks, but not...
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dciurchea
Dec 21, 2009 11:47 pm
Citation=======================================================Plutarch, LIVES ( TRANSLATED WITH NOTES HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL LIFE OF PLUTARCH BY...
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Capsicum
thomasruhm
Dec 21, 2009 5:27 pm
I like learning languages. I understand some Gothic because I read most of the gothic bible but I did not use a dictionary. I did also read most of the Edda...
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ingemarn2000
Dec 21, 2009 4:43 pm
Nope, not everybody but I have wondered as well! The story of the goat celebration i Romania is good. We have also some old traditions in Scandinavia with...
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OSCAR HERRE
oscargoth
Dec 21, 2009 1:53 am
havent heard from any members lately like llama nom,etc.....everybody on vacation ... From: dciurchea <dciurchea@...> Subject: [gothic-l] Cernunnos the...
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dciurchea
Dec 20, 2009 8:18 pm
The name Cernunnos is generally interpeted as "the horned one". This is not correct as it is not only obvious(the sculpture in Paris is horned indeed) but...
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dciurchea
Dec 5, 2009 2:14 pm
Arguments: 1. It is exceptional that a king leaves his throne to his brother(or whoever) and this matches the Eddas. It is the only case I know. Great priest...
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Marja Erwin
marja376
Dec 5, 2009 3:20 am
This sounds interesting, but Cassius Dio doesn't seem to say much about Duras/Douras, except that he conceded the throne to Decebalus. Can you explain your...
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dciurchea
Dec 4, 2009 11:44 pm
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091023-22779.html One of the most striking symbols appearing on the image on the web page is the "Celtic cross" symbol as a...
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Tore Gannholm
stavgard
Dec 4, 2009 10:23 pm
Hi, Does anybody know if there is an English translation of Codes Argeteus or the Silver Bible as it is also called? Tore...
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ingemarn2000
Nov 9, 2009 6:03 pm
Hej Tore! This link goes to the journal: http://www.ub.es/pyrenae/ Mail to the editor, professor Gisela Ripoll: giselaripoll@... Ingemar...
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Tore Gannholm
stavgard
Nov 9, 2009 1:05 pm
So where can we get hold of this paper? Tore ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Arthur Jones
arthurobin2002
Nov 8, 2009 10:47 pm
Hailags! Â As usual, our own Ingemar Nordgren has announced a magnificent discovery with modesty and accuracy. Â Ingemar's article ( which I had the honour...
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ingemarn2000
Nov 8, 2009 7:38 pm
Hails, I would just suggest that you read the soon coming new issue of Pyrenae - Archaeological Journal for Western Mediterranean - where I have an article...
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Georges Depeyrot
depeyrotg
Oct 31, 2009 6:53 pm
Dear all, The last numismatic books (<http://www.moneta.be>www.moneta.be) for 2009 are now available: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, modern coins and coinage, ...
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Friþureiks
gutiska
Oct 28, 2009 5:12 pm
Since gothic doesnt have any perfect form I wonder if it yu think it's ok to express it in this way. Using the verb haban if having done something e.g. told a...
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Friþureiks
gutiska
Oct 22, 2009 11:17 am
Hi! This comes very late but I answer anyway. I think it would be better with frijaba instead of frije. The word for life is libains (sf) if i'm not totaly...
