Hi, Ualarauans, There might be a connection between the Hungarian "szarvas" and Latin "cervus", but not so direct. szarvas is a derivative form szarv "horn,...
Hi Francisc, ... all ... [n]; ... Historical- ... Kiadó, ... At first I thought szarvas preserves Indo-Iranian a-stem masculine ending -as, much like Finnish...
... OE has acc.sg. 'hinde', consistent with F. -o, although the i-stems could take acc.sg. too by analogy with o-stems. I'm not sure about ON; just one...
There we go: http://www.oe.eclipse.co.uk/nom/drus.htm Let me know if you spot any masculine pronouns or endings left over from before the deer's gender change...
... *think* I ... The only one I (seem to) have found is /Harduba was anaprangan/ which is translated "She was hard pressed". But this may refer to /žata...
... but '-wiseis' will mean a change due to the short root vowel. Any reason to favour one over the other? Revised to 'Jah Wulžuwiseis' x / x / (x) (Sievers...
... Well, since I am obviously commended (arins augo! I'm flattered and blushing) I feel ready to drop in some more... eh... remarks. /allaim inu hrabna/...
... Correction, 'thou might' doesn't, but other verbs do. There seems to be a choice of subjunctive or indicative in some contexts at least: For though thou...
To find a proper Gothic equivalent of the name of Scythians is a more difficult task than it may seem. Yes, there's an attested word Skwžus translating SKUQHS...
Is there possibly a translation of Josephus in Gothic? Wonder how they would have translated Book XIX of the Wars of the Jews? Le ... From: "Le Bateman"...
... You're right, as usual :-) I've replaced 'inu' with 'alja'. ... Well, we have got 'awiliudon', supposing the first element of that is from the same root? ...
... This isn't quite the same, but compare the use of dative both in the passive 'was ... gawasižs taglam ulbandaus' and the active intransitive 'hve...
The traditional interpretation is that Wulfila used an early Byzantine text, and later copyists borrowed elements from late Western texts (and switched the...
... I noticed a while ago that the reconstruction of "wheel" as Proto Germanic *xwexula- (and *xwe(g)ula-) in the 2nd ed. of the Oxford English Dictionary...
... Old Norse has an expression 'hverfanda hvél' "whirling wheel". In Alvķssmįl it's said to be the name by which people in hell call the moon (which...
Hi Mike, Good work there on your translation! By way of answer, I've just had a go at the first verse and chorus of "Commonwealth of Toil" with some rhyme, of...
Greetings, I am so glad I found this site. I am in the process of writing a historical novel set during the reign of Constantina I. My goal is to make it as...
Hi Lothian, I am not a linguist but as far as I know they were reiks also when leading a war expedition. Their sacral king, however, was never allowed to leave...
To add to Ingemer's notes: 1. Reiks is the nominative singular; the final -s is extremely common for Gothic masculine nouns. Reik is the accusative singular. ...
I would like to know if Heiderik or Hildrik was King of the Vandals of the Goths? What time period did he live? Are these one and the same person? Le...
Thanks for helping. I will, on your explanations, drop the Draughtins from the book. I appreciate your help. I found a large lexicon of Gothic words, at ...
Sorry the of is supposed to be or. Le ... From: "Le Bateman" <LeBateman@...> To: <gothic-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 9:49 PM ...
... Streitberg's dictionary is good for reliable and detailed for definitions (and grammar) of attested words [ http://www.wulfila.be/lib/streitberg/1910/ ]....
In the Gothic Bible, 'žiudans' is used of a king who goes to war: aižžau hvas žiudans gaggands stigqan wižra anžarana žiudan du wiganna, niu gasitands...
Hello again, Thanks for the site addresses. I have gone from clueless to over-clued in a week. I took a quick look at the sites and I think they will be very...
Can anyone suggest sources on the clothing of the Chernyakhov Culture? I know that various jewelry, brooches, etc. have been found as gravegoods, but not much...
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