I have a few questions about the proper pronunication of Gothic: 1. I know that "b" and "d" between vowels is pronounced as "v" and "th" (voiced), e.g. giban,...
Hello, gotenfreund. As Wright has in his book, grammar of the Gothic Language, medial b and d are pronounced as v and th between vowels and before consonants....
Hails, I am in the process of writing a novella whose protagonist is Alaric. I want the Goths to have a Rallying Cry, like the US Marine's "Always Faithful" I...
The Gothic pronunciation is one thing but I can suggest what the Norman crusaders cried when attacking their foes, namely "Tyr, Tyr!! And then they were...
It's an interesting question. The answer would depend, I think, on whether such slogans are understood as: 1.) an admonition/imperative "(be) always victorious...
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Grsartor@...
Feb 8, 2012 9:29 am
Hailai, the proposed "sinteino hrotheigs" conforms to "semper fidelis" in being singular. But the Latin adjective could be either masculine or feminine, and ...
Hails, I was wondering. The Vikings had a fatalistic view of life. If you were fated to die today, there was nothing you could do to avoid it. If you were not...
Have no idea about their fatalism. They venerated as far as we can see the normal fertility gods, i.e. primarily Frejr and Freja, earlier Ingr and Ingun, but...
aint it true that the many different tribes had their own different german lingos......so how was the communication between them......we all know the different...
Hi, I am new to this group and first wanted to introduce myself. My name is Alex and i am interested in Gothic history (especially after reading a book on...
There are several legends about Wamba and it is definitely not the usual way a Visigothic king was appointed. Some details even seem to be part of the...
This early there was no great difference between the different Germanic dialects but they were quite close to Proto Germanic - at least that close that...
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Andreas Schwarcz
andreas.schwarcz@...
Feb 12, 2012 4:24 pm
Wamba was indeed the first king of the Visigoths for whom the ceremony of unction is expressedly attested, but alreeady the canones of the IVth council of...
Hi Andreas! I did not grasp the meaning of unction but now I have checked. I should have done it before of course. Still it is evidently a ceremonie that was...
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Andreas Schwarcz
andreas.schwarcz@...
Feb 12, 2012 11:39 pm
Dear Ingemar, No,it was not in use before the Visigoths became catholics, and some suppose that it was introduced by Chindasvinth. But José Orlandis already...
Hi, I wanted to ask you all something which I find a bit silly and yet at the same time, interesting. Namely, how many people around the world speak gothic? A...
Hi Thank you so much for the replies. I hope my question was not too troublesome. I do, however, have a reason for asking it. May i continue, even though it...
I don't speak it as such (near as I can figure there's no else in Alaska to speak it to), but I do translate in and out of it some. My translation of Luke is...
Hello, all! I'm having a bit of a brain fart about whether a specific word should be in the Nominative case or the Accusative. Here is the sentence, you'll see...
Hello. I must be in the nominative case. Not only "to be" is a copula, even "to become", "to keep being", "to stay something" and "to seem as" are copulas and...
I knew there was a specific word for this (copula), but I'd have to dig through a couple Latin books to find it. I did not know that there were that many...
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Grsartor@...
Feb 15, 2012 10:06 am
Hailai, A thing to watch about the case that goes with forms of the verb "to be" is that it is sometimes accusative. This applies even in English in sentences ...
Hello, in German it is quite easy if you just ask for it: Er wird "wer oder was"? Or: Er scheint "wer oder was" zu sein? In comparison to: Er imitiert "wen...
Dear all, The Moneta web site (www.moneta.be) has been completely reorganized to present the new 2012 publications (8 volumes in press or published since ...
Hello, I'm wondering how spring and fall and the word season would be in Gothic. Words like summer "asans" and winter "wintrus" are documented, but not the...
I'm currently on my phone, so I can't access any of the neoglism files, but I was curious what you might think the translations of these two words/phrases are....
Also, German Abschied (parting or farewell). Pretty obvious it would come from something like the verb afskaidan, though the verb to bid farewell is andqithan,...
Hello, for german "Abschied" there could also be the possibility by "twisstandan", so "Twisstand". "Andqithan" would be a little more in the sense of...
