[gothic-l] Gaut/Gapt

[Bertil Häggman]

Albareiks,

See my earlier mail to Francisc on the
explanation of why Gapt instead of Gaut.

Comments welcome.

Gothically

Bertil

> >This situation is not at all unknown -
> > the name Boadicea has amost completely supplanted the original
> >correct spelling of Boudicca.  Is it possible that Jordanes took some
> >of his information for the Getica from a lost Gothic text written in
> >Wulfila's alphabet?  This might explain the confusion between the
> >Gothic "u" and "p".

> Yes, that would explain the situation.  Even the name Jordanes was long
> misread as "Jorndanes."  Perhaps that was his fate in return for putting an
> incorrect letter in the name of Gaut! :)



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