[gothic-l] Re: fairhwus + etc. (Gothic in Balkan)

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Francisc Czobor" <fericzobor at y...>
wrote:
> Hi, Dirk,
>
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> > ...
> > what is the evidence for Gothic being spoken in some parts of the
> > Balkans int he 9th and 10th century? The records of the Bavarian
> > mission to the Balkan do mention Gepids in that area, but give no
> > indication as to their language.
> >
>
> I wrote from memory about "9th and 10th century". In fact:
> According to Walahfrid Strabo, Gothic was still used in his time
(the
> 9th century) in some churches in the region of the lower Danube, in
> the neighborhood of Tomi (now Constanta, in Romania, at the Black
> Sea).
> I think it is not suprising that Gothic survived until the 9th
> century in what was Moesia Inferior.



Hi Francics,

yes, I suppose it should not be too surprising if Gothic/Gepidic
survived in these regions until about the 10th century or so. As I
said there are sources relating to the Bavarian missionary attempts
mentioning Gepids living at the middle Danube in the 9th century and
Gepids are mentioned as having joined Alamannic troops to fight the
Spanish Moslems at Poitiers. I think it is not unreasonable to assume
that these Gepids were still speaking East Germanic (i.e. Gothic). I
was really just curious about the exact source. Do you know which
work of Walahfrid Strabo referes to the use of Gothic. I think the
texts about the Bavarian mission state that Gepids were brought back
to Bavaria where some of them even became priests. It might be that
Walafried Strabo, who was at the monastry of Reichenau, heard about
the use of Gothic from one of these Gepids.

Cheers
Dirk







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