[gothic-l] Re: Gothic equivalent for English 'must'

llama_nom penterakt at FSMAIL.NET
Fri May 14 16:53:36 UTC 2004


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:

>
> I guess Gothic 'nauths' is related to mod. German 'Not/Noetig',
when
> we say 'es tut Not' meaning 'it is necessary'.
>
> Gothic 'thaurfts' is probably related to mod. German 'Be -
> darf/Duerftig', which also indicates that something is necessary.
>
> > Gothic 'skulds' is is probably related to mod. German 'Schuld'.

> Just guessing around ...
>
> Cheers
> Dirk

Right on all counts, I think.  Also, Skuld, the name of a norn...

Llama Nom



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