[gothic-l] Re: Runic Influences

[Tim O'Neill]

sig wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>  We had this debate quite recently (it could have been on
> Germanic-L) and the thread kept on for a long time. But it went
> mors subita after an italian input. Are you here?
>
> Anyway, if I remember this right Italian scholars have interpreted
> it long ago something like this=>
>
> HARIGASTI = gen. of name Harigast
> TEI = under the military (?) command of Teus (gen. Tei)
> VA = Fifth (V) cavalry (A = alani) regiment
>
> Something like that. No Odin, no. No Harii, No Harudi. :<( Drab,
> huh?

LOL!  Very succinct summary.  I was intrigued by the
Italian input as welland would have liked to get more
information on it.  Are these abbreviations paralleled
in other inscriptions of a similar date?
Cheers,

Tim O'Neill

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