Hi. I have been trying to understand verb forms such as 'nimandans', as found in Matthew 27:6, "iž žai gudjans nimandans žans skattans qežun: ni skuld ist...
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I have come across about 200 of these in the extant Gothic literature. Some of these are found across a number of verbs while others are probably just unique...
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Hi Ted, NIMANDANS is the present participle of NIMAN "to take", with the masculine nominative (=accusative) plural, see Wright para. 239. It means "taking"...
... Hmmmm, if anyone is inclined to rise to the bait, maybe a collective effort would be in order? Post an answer here, and I'll fill it in (right or wrong!)....
Hails Iosef, Excellent, well done! Waila gatawides. Žeinos andahaftins ana-in- aiauk (I've added in your answers). I'm only glad I'm not the one who has to...
Hi all! I don't do much so i think about words in gothic which i cannot find in any dicctionary. Now it's the gothic word for duck. I have searched for it in...
waila,so waurd anaks(pigeons) samaleika ist... Fredrik <gadrauhts@...> wrote: Hi all! I don't do much so i think about words in gothic which i cannot...
Oscar, Ni ibnaleik ak galeik! ("Not equal, but similar", to paraphrase the Skeireins...) Ahaks "pigeon". Anaks "suddenly". But alright for alliteration, oh...
Llama Nom I totaly agree with anužs instead of anuds. And with d in plural and some cases in singular. The similarity with 'anus' that some mentioned ain't...
Hi Fredrik, ... There is some explaining to it, though, so I could perhaps save you some time and present you with the conclusion right away: I think it should...
Sijaits hailai Fredrik jas-Sigi! Do you think there might be some interchangeability though? With similar meaning, "governor": faura-mažleis, but also...
Haila alla, Two questions: 1) Wright and Braune/Helm both omit a 1st person dual imperative from their verb paradigms. Does this mean that there are simply no...
Excellent stuff, Fredrik! I just looked at the dictionary. When I have time I'll extract the approximately 20 neologisms from my English-Gothic dictionary for...
IORDANIS DE ORIGINE ACTIBUSQUE GETARUM LVII § 295 cui et primum concedens Theodoricus O.D. Théodoric le lui accorda d'abord. M.R. Théodoric accorda d'abord...
What I think is the rule for use of reflexives in Gothic is simpler than its counterpart in English. If I am right, a reflexive pronoun is used when it refers...
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Hi, Sigi, thank you for your explanation of some of the distinctions between "faur" and "faura". There is a qualification I should like to add.about two of the...
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Thanks Gerry, Excellent clear explanation: I hadn't even got round to thinking about participles! The use of imma in the your last example might be due to the...
Dear Llama Nom, Of course it's OK to inlude my creations in a list Gothic neologisms, if you find them acceptable and suitable (in fact, I created them just...
This email might better be called Sa, Is, and Wright. It is about the remark by Wright in his Grammar of the Gothic Language concerning the use of the pronouns...
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... De : Budelberger, Richard Ą : Gothic-L Envoyé : vendredi 7 janvier 2005 03:16 Objet : [gothic-l] IORDANIS DE ORIGINE ACTIBUSQUE GETARUM LVII § 295 ... ...
Mon cher Richard! Je ne comprand pas complčtemant votre question. Vous voulez avoir un traduction de le example de Teodric en Ravenna? Bien, comme ca: ...