In my opinion the strongest possibility is that the hypothetic Gothic name for China came through contacts with the Goths' nomadic neighbours in the Black Sea...
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blakpiercing
Jun 11, 2006 6:07 pm
Is/Are there any major difference(s) among Goths, Visigoths and Ostrogoths?...
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llama_nom
Jun 12, 2006 7:34 pm
Arthur Jones wrote to me yesterday to tell me that his mother passed away peacefully the previous night, aged nearly 90. He also sent me this poem which he...
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ualarauans
Jun 14, 2006 7:34 am
Hails! Your translation is on no account "clumsy", I like it very much. I'd just have some questions if you don't mind? Weggins falthanans is it an...
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Michael Erwin
merwin@...
Jun 14, 2006 6:45 pm
I'm new here and not particularly sure, but Bennett 9.5 discusses the dative absolute. On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:33 AM, ualarauans wrote: <snip> ... <snip>...
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llama_nom
Jun 14, 2006 7:17 pm
Hails Walhahrabn! First, sorry to bring this all up again, but I'd just like to say that I hope you've accepted Vladimir's appology in the spirit it was ...
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ualarauans
Jun 15, 2006 5:02 pm
... Hails Llama Nom! I'm sorry I haven't read Wright (yet), and my first (probably wrong) impression of the examples you cite is that the accusative here is ...
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Arthur Jones
arthurobin2002
Jun 15, 2006 6:00 pm
Hails, I would like to thank the Gothic List members who contributed their condolences and their fine Gothic thoughts on the occasion of my Mother's passing. ...
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llama_nom
Jun 15, 2006 10:07 pm
Hails Walhahrabn! 'gaskokai fotum' is especially interesting because it differs from the accusative of the Greek: TOUS PODAS. Sturtevant (1938) compared this ...
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llama_nom
Jun 15, 2006 10:44 pm
Hails Arthur, The least I could do... The 'e' in my proposed 'weggs' was meant to be a long vowel /e:/ which corresponds to ON /a:/, in this case mutated to...
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llama_nom
Jun 15, 2006 11:28 pm
Old Low Franconian: fetherac; OS fetherak; MLG vederik. So maybe Go. *fižraks, masculine a-stem. (In his Old Saxon dictionary, Koebler cites PIE *petrg-...
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ualarauans
Jun 16, 2006 9:26 am
Hails Llama Nom! Thanks for a thorough comment! While thinking on it may I ask if the following constructions could be possible, in your opinion, in Gothic:...
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llama_nom
Jun 16, 2006 6:30 pm
Hails Walhahrabn! Ah yes, I think I had that quote from Vafžrśšnismįl in the back of my mind when I suggested that etymology. And if I'd just looked on ...
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Michael Erwin
merwin@...
Jun 16, 2006 11:44 pm
Hails, I'm Mike Erwin. In Gothic matters, I'm mostly interested in the fourth century, including Gothic history, culture, and world-views. So the historical...
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Michal Cigan
michalcigan
Jun 23, 2006 2:44 pm
Especially in the name: Goths, East Goths and West Goths :) No, seriously, names of the gentes of those times were very important "trademarks"... blakpiercing...
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OSCAR HERRERA
oscargoth
Jun 23, 2006 3:03 pm
they were all the same......they divided because of a over populated issues..... Michal Cigan <michalcigan@...> wrote: Especially in the name:...
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OSCAR HERRERA
oscargoth
Jun 23, 2006 3:11 pm
wanted to know if there is any known names of gothic females.....i know marta was one.....maybe anna, maria......theramundja might have been a female leader of...
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Michael Erwin
merwin@...
Jun 23, 2006 11:17 pm
A 10th-century Greek list of 4th-century Gothic martyrs (see Heather & Matthews 118-119) includes (Gothic spellings unknown): "of women: Anna, Alas, Baren,...
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Michal Cigan
michalcigan
Jun 23, 2006 11:17 pm
I thing that Marta and Maria are jewish names ... Ring'em or ping'em. Make PC-to-phone calls as low as 1¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. [Non-text...
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llama_nom
Jun 24, 2006 7:17 am
... Hails aftra bi spedistin Žiudan! I finally tracked down that Old Norse attestation in the Dialogues of Gregory, Book 3, Chapter 17 [ ...
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Manie Lombard
manielom
Jun 24, 2006 8:57 am
Martha is Aramaic and Maria (< heb. Miryam < Maryam; greek Mariamne,..) is most probably Egyptian. ... From: Michal Cigan To: gothic-l@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Budelberger, Richard
budelberger
Jun 27, 2006 9:18 pm
8 messidor an CCXIV (le 26 juin 2006 d. c.-d. c. g.), 15h54. Anna Parzymies examine dans son ouvrage /JÄzyk protobuÅgarski -- Przyczynek/ /do rekonstrukcji...
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thiudans
Jun 27, 2006 10:00 pm
hails & thanks Richard: Here is a sort of english translation. Please excuse also my mediocrity (and errors, which correct!). -Matthew ... Anna Parzymies...
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yahyeg
Jun 28, 2006 6:36 am
******************* Hi to everybody!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> No doubt that due to the Jordanes' explanation...
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llama_nom
Jun 28, 2006 5:57 pm
... you ... are ... form ... which ... Fredrik, I just came across a paper about the origin of the tones used in modern Scandinavian languages [ ...
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Grsartor@...
Jun 29, 2006 9:47 am
Hailai allai, I have followed the contributions under the headings "araaižei aflaiž" and "gafilhsaggws" and, as often, been full of admiration for the...
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llama_nom
Jun 29, 2006 10:55 am
Thanks for pointing that out, Gerry. I'd forgotten Wright's note. So if 'žuk taujandan' is the object of 'witi', are we to read interpret 'hva taujiž...
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Michal Cigan
michalcigan
Jun 30, 2006 12:04 am
Hail to all / zdravim vas vsetkych, I fully agree with Vladimir, "strava" is common and original slavic word, for example in modern slovak it means simply...
Hails! I found a couple of webs in which you can find some Gothic names. http://www.themiddleages.net/people/names.html Manie Lombard <manielombard@...>...
