[gothic-l] Re: Gothic word for King

[Troels Brandt]

Hi Francisc

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Francisc Czobor" <czobor at c...> wrote:
......... 
> I still believe that Alaricus is the correct form, and not, 
> "Halaricus",

The two kings Keth mentioned as Halaricus in Getica were §117 and 
§277 being a Herul and a Suevi. All the other Alarics were Goths as 
far as I can see in a quick search. 

Could this difference in spelling by the same author be explained by 
a former difference in a.e. pronunciation or spelling-tradition 
because these kings were from different branches of the Germanic or 
Gothic people?

Troels



 and that is in fact *Ala-reiks "all-ruler", with ala- for 
> "all" like in ala-mans "all men" (mankind, totality of humans) or 
> ala-brunsts "all-burning" (burnt-offering, holocaust) or ala-þarba 
> "all-needy" (very needy, very poor). In the mediaeval Latin texts, 
> when in Latin the "h" sound ceased actually to be pronounced, 
the "h" 
> letter sometimes is missing where it should be, sometimes appears 
> where it should not ("hypercorrect" forms). Sometimes, when the 
> scribes were paid proportionally with the number of letters they 
> wrote, they added some supplementary letters, in order to get more 
> payment. So they added an initial "h" before vowels, or a "h" after 
> "t" or "c" (in Getica, we have "Halaricus" and "Alarichus" beside 
> Alaricus), or doubled some letters etc.



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