[gothic-l] Re: Gaut, Gapt

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

On 17 Jul 2001, at 14:22, dirk at smra.co.uk wrote:

>Keinesfalls
> > 
> kann  
> >  die  Form Gautigoth weitreichende Schlüsse tragen, wie Cassiodor   
> >  
> > habe das Kompositum erfunden, um eine gemeinsame    Abstammung von
> > Gauten und Goten zu konstruieren. 
> 
> (snip)
> 
> 
> Hello Andreas,
> 
> thanks a lot for this text. There is a little typo in the last 
> sentence above, which slightly obscures its meaning. Is that supposed
> to mean: "In no case should far-reaching conclusions be drawn from the
> form  Gautigoth, because Cassiodor invented this form to construct a
> common  origin of the Gauts and Goths."? 
> 
> cheers
> Dirk
> 
>
Dear Dirk,
it means: 
"You should not draw in any case far-reaching conclusions from 
Gautigoth, as for instance that Cassiodor invented this form to 
construct a common origin of the Gauts and Goths." Reichert is 
warning against things like that, not supposing them.
Kind regards
            Andreas
Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universität Wien
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A-1010 Wien
Österreich
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