[gothic-l] Re: Gothic word for King/Haliurunnas

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi Jeff,

The word is in fact "Haliurunnas" and it appears in Iordanes' Getica
(XXIV). Another interpretation of this word could be "hell's
whisperer" (Goth. halja = hell).

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at y..., hrossthjof at y... wrote:
> ...
> I recall from the writings of ulfilas- the term Heliaruna (sp?) for
> witches. Later someone spelled it Allaruna- yet 2 different
> etymologies could be derived fro tne 2 different spellings of this
> word ('helia' meaning 'to hide' and 'alla' meaning 'all').
Obviously,
> this dropping of the initial 'h' could lead to great
misunderstandings
> linguistically...
>
> Jeff Burke


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