[gothic-l] Re: The Goths, Gutland (Gutones) and the Guta Saga

[Tore Gannholm]

Gutnish
1.en
2.tu, tyggia
3.thrir, thrithia
4.fiaurum,fiugur
4,5.halffemtj
5.fem
6.siex
7.siau
8.atta,attunda
10.tiv
12.tolf
14.fiurtan
15.femtan
20.tiughu
40.fiauratigj
60.siextighi

Tore


>Comparison of Cardinal Numbers:
>
>Gothic               Gotlandic       Old Norse (standardized)
>ains                > 1. ann <ainn  einn
>twai, twa, twos     > 2. tueir      tveir
>þreis, þrija        > 3. ?          þrir
>fidwor              > 4. fiaurir    fjo'rir
>fimf                > 5. ?          fimm
>saihs               > 6.            sex
>sibun               > 7. siau       sjau
>ahtau
>niun
>taihun
>
>
>For reference I look to E.V. Gordon, p. 325:
>
>"Dialects developed early in OSwed., being traceable from c.1050. The most
>distinct and, in most respects, most conservative of them was Gutnish... The
>island of Gutland, it is believed, was once occupied by the Goths, and it is
>interesting to note that several of the features in which Gutnish differed
>from other forms of OSwed. agree with the phonology of Gothic. These are:
>
>(1) Germ. ai was still ai...
>(2) OGut., like Gothic, had i and u where other Norse dialects had e and
>o...
>(3) As in Gothic u appeared as o before r...
>(4) Germ. au was still au...
>(5) A coincidence of word-sense is that lamb in OGut. and Gothic meant
>'sheep'; in other Germanic languages only 'lamb.' The early Germ. borrowing
>of Latin lucerna is recorded only in Gothic lukarn and OGut. lukarr...
>
>Yet at the period when the Goths were in Gotland, the Swedes also had the
>diphthongs ai and au, and the similarities (2), (3) and (5) may be
>accidental."
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> I don't know Gothic, so perhaps somebody on the list could tell us,
>> whether this is sufficiently close to Gothic to allow for mutual
>> intelligibility. Does anybody have the Gothic numerals 1-10?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Dirk
>
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