[gothic-l] Re: Seasonal greetings

[llama_nom]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, OSCAR HERRERA <duke.co at s...> wrote:
> god hailida du alagutiskam...haf goda jer jah hlastai supanam du 
larzihuhain


Likewise Oscar,

I think...  But could you translate larzihuhain for me?  Here's what 
I *think* the rest says: "good health to all the Gothic folks..." -- 
that's us right? -- "have a good year and lots of booze...?"

I guessed *hlast- = OE hlæst "load".  The OE word is neut., but the -
t- suffix is a common way of forming nouns in Go. from strong verbs, 
making fem. i-stems.  Or if you wanted an attested word, you could 
use _ufarassus_ "an abundance, a lot".

Koebler has *supa "drink, booze", if I remember.  Masc. an-stem, so 
the dat.pl. is probably *supam.

_jer_ is neuter, so you want _goþ jer_, or _godata jer_.
*hailiþa "health" would be feminine: goda hailiþa.
But there is a (probable, though not certain) neuter unhaili "poor 
health" attested, so you could have: goþ haili.

And the imperative of _haban_ is _habai_.

Hope that hasn't dampened your cheer :)

Llama Nom




> llama_nom <600cell at o...> wrote:
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> Goda Jiula jah hlas niujata jer jah þus Iggwimer!
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> Llama Nom
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> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Ingemar Nordgren" 
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> > Hi dear list-members,
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> > I wish you all 
> > 
> > A Merry Christmas/Yule and A Happy New Year!
> > God Jul och Gott Nytt År!
> > En Glædelig Jul og et Godt Nytår!
> > Frohes Weinachten und Ein Glückliches Neues Jahr!
> > Bon Noël et Une Bonne Novelle Année!
> > Bueno Navidad e un Año Nuevo Felidad!
> > 
> > If you have problems with Christmas gifts or New Years gifts you 
> can
> > e.g. visit Amazon and serch for "The Well Spring of the Goths". 
I 
> am
> > sure such a gift is appreciated by all your history-interested
> > friends (with some exceptions, of course). They will have many 
> hours
> > of interesting reading and maybe, for some persons, also the 
> benefit
> > of being able to complaint on silly ideas. Some like to release 
> their
> > agressions in that way and so they will save the cost of a 
shrink.
> > 
> > Best wishes!
> > Ingemar
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