[gothic-l] Re: Boyar and related

[gazariah]

Hi Vladimir,

> "bo" in "bo jarl" should mean 
> building, manor, village (cf. HG "bau", 
> OE and Swedish "by" - village, 
> Danish "by" - town).

Thanks for the clarification.

The word is 'by' in Swedish and Danish. As for English, the suffix 
in names like Willoughby is generally understood as a borrowed Norse 
element. I don't think 'by' existed as a word in Old English. Modern 
English 'boor' (cognate with German 'Bauer' comes from Dutch; note 
the long [u:].

In Old Norse, the word was /bu:/, spelled <bú>. It's used in the 
Heimskringla, where we read: 'foerdhu til skipa baedhi man ok bú.' It 
looks like this means "both men and farming," or perhaps better 
understood as "livestock." In any case <bú> here seems to denote not 
so much a place as an enterprise and activity.

And of course none of the words you cite has a vowel that would 
account for the /o/ in 'bojarin'.

Regards,
Gazariah


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