[gothic-l] Discovery of Gothic Fragment

[Manuel Gutierrez Algaba]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Magnus Hreinn Snaedal wrote:

> This appears to be translation into Gothic of the inscription on the
> Rök-Stone:
> 
> Runic version:	Old Norse:
> raiþ <þ>iaurikR	Réð Þjóðrikr
> hin þurmuþi		hinn þormóði,
> stiliR flutna		stillir flotna,
> strãntu hraiþmaraR	strondu Hreiðmarar;
> sitir nu karuR	sitr nú goerr
> ã kuta sinum		á gota sínum
> skialti ub fatlaþR	skildi um fatlaðr,
> skati marika		skati mæringa.
> 
> >"Thiudareiks" poem existed from early on:
> >
> >raidida thiudareiks thaurismodahs
> >statha frauja flautane hraidamerjis
> >sitith nu garus ana gauta
> >skildau ufgairdiths skarja Marhigge
> >

Obviously there some words that resemble a lot, but, I think
the story is different.
Even
 > skialti ub fatlaþR
> >skildau ufgairdiths 
leads to confusion: ub fatlaþR != ufgairdiths 
The phonetic changes are too great.



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