Hails alls, Though I am 'new' here at this time, it wasn't always so. This is Valulfr, and I have returned to enjoy to dialog here once again. I have a...
... I think he just took the word already existent and changed its meaning. Adding the suffix –sl was not his way of forming new words afaik. It is generally...
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Hails Ualarauans, Thanks for clearing that up, I think I picked up the association from Grimm. After looking into this further I found this from the...
Hails, Walawulf! I can't see what direct etymological connection there could be between ON 'skyrsi' and Go. 'skohsl'. If there is any kinship, perhaps it's ...
Did the Goths have particular word their Warrior Class? .for the Leadership for their Warrior Class? I'm wondering if they had a functionally equivalent word...
Hi Rutgur, An employed fighter/warrior (cf. German 'Knecht', Sw. 'knekt') is called 'skalks'. This, however, is in a household and if it has a bearing for...
Hail Rutgur and Ingemar, There is also the 'drauhtin' or 'war-lord'. I'm not sure what exactly the function was on the battle field, but I do that the word...
Skalks is actually a slave (most often = Gr. DOULOS, also OIKETHS "domestic servant", PAIDARION "slave child"). Cf. also ga- skalki SUNDOULOS "Mitknecht" –...
... exactly the ... into Old ... lord, and ... It didn't "come down", strictly spoken. It was inherited both by ON and Gothic from PGrm. The Gothic form...
Hail Ualarauans Jah, that's what I meant, should have been more clear on that, thanks. Walawulf ... This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/...
So, where does Knight and Knecht come from? Can you trace those sources and backwords construct it using Proto-Germanic and predicting what the change would...
The West Germanic forms point to Proto-Germanic *knehtaz, which would give Gothic *knaíhts. Icelandic uses a different word, 'riddari', a loan from North...
Some thoughts on Gothic knights. In most European languages (all except English afaik) "knight" is "horseman", literally. Although the Goths didn't have...
That was an awesome answer Lama, I actually have an obnoxious question the likes of which you would expect from an amateur Gothic enthusiast who's only had one...
I definitely see the need for the semantic difference, but is there a reason I should prefer kaballareis over knaíhts? My first preference would be knaíhts...
... there a ... Well, that's a matter of personal taste. Speaking for myself, I wouldn't use *knaihts because: 1. Its "real world" cognates are not attested...
Hi, I must remark that knight is not the word used in Northgermanic. Except of Iceland also all the other Scandinavian countries use the word 'riddare'(Sw.)...
Another possibility would be to invent a Gothic *aihva-raida-manna to match Old English 'éoredmann'. I'm thinking of Tom Shippey's comments in The Road to...
... idiom. ... Never trust your eyes! I was just told by people competent in this stuff that Oss. baræg IS inherited. Namely it comes from *bâraka-, common...
... There are plenty of uncertainties in Proto-Germanic vocabulary! Generally speaking, the sound change rules are regular, but language being a human thing,...
Excellent, Llama! Can we save it as a FAQ, somehow? ... question ... enthusiast ... words. If ... Gothic ... blood ... Gothic ... where can I ... in and ... ...
Okay, I'm very excited about trying this out, but bear in mind I have NEVER reconstructed before and will likely embarrass myself. Could you give me a word to...
I suppose western Goths - in Spain, Aquitaine or Italy - going into the High Middle Ages might use the terms interchangibly - but eastern Goths - in the...
... From what I see in Köbler I can't determine whether it was *aihvaraida F.-o or *aihva-raiþ N.-a or maybe something else? A good illustration of what you...
... Not after 375, I guess. ... Why not *katafraktus? Or *kleibanareis (cf. "cataphracti equites quos clibanarios dictitant" in Ammianus Marcellinus)?...
... Because the *Notitia* most often refers to equites catafractarii, and sometimes clibanarii, but not catafracti/catafractorum. I would either use -s or -us...
