[gothic-l] Re: Gotland, etc

[dirk at SMRA.CO.UK]

--- In gothic-l at egroups.com, Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:
> >  Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> wrote:-
> >> Here comes the first part of Guta lagh:
> >> Guta Lagh
> >> 1. Hier byrias lagh guta oc segia so at fyrstum
> >> Thitta ir fyrst upp haf i lagum orum thet wir sculum naicca 
haithnu oc
> >> iatta crisnu. Oc troa allir aann guth alzvaldanda. Oc hann thar 
bithia thet
> >> hann unni os ar oc frith sigr oc hailsu Oc thet et vir magin 
halda
> >> cristindomi orum Oc tro vari retri oc landi oru bygdu Oc vir 
magin huern
> >> dag thet sysla i allum giarningum Oc vilia orum. sum guthi sei 
dyrth i Oc
> >> or sei mest tharf at bethi til lifs oc sialar.
> >
> >  It looks most like Old Norse to me. E.g. for "and" it has {oc} 
and not
> >{jah}. I still say that the Goths likeliest spoke Common Germanic 
when they
> >left Scandinavia and the characteristic features of Wulfilan Gothic 
developed
> >during their migrations. E.g. what is the Gotlandish word for 
"egg", or for
> >other words where Common Germanic had {-jj-} between vowels?
> 
> 
> Here comes a few other examples:
> 
>  Krimgotisch                     Gutamål  (Gutnisch)            
Deutsch
> Stein                                   Stein                   
Stein
> 
> Stega                                   Stäjg                   20
> 
> Salt                                      Salt                  Salz
> 
> Broe                                    Broe                   Brot
> 
> Hus                                     Hus                    Haus
> Lamb                                  Lamb                     Schaf
> Wasti                                 Vast                     
Verkleidung
> Ga-runs                                   Garn           
Markt/Handelsplatz
> 
> 
> Tore
> 
> 
Hi Tore,

three improvements perhaps:
Gutnish:   Lamb        German: Lamm 
Gutnish:   Vast        German: Weste/Wanst (totally unsure)
Gutnish:   Staejg      German: Steg (again just guessing)

Dirk
> >
> >  Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote (Subject: Proposal for 
Germanic
> >History List):-
> >> ... My suggestion for name is exactly that: Early Germanic 
History-L.
> >
> >Preferably with minuses or underlines instead of spaces. Emailers 
don't like
> >spaces in email addresses and web addresses.
> >
> >   Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote (Subject: Book Review II - 
The
> >Goths):-
> >> Next review section: Why did the Goths migrate?
> >
> >Likeliest due to overpopulation.
> >
> >
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