a Gothic poem (verse 3)--syntax, word usage

[David Kiltz]

On 28.08.2005, at 06:25, Le Bateman wrote:

> Isn't that form guð instead of guþ? Grimm seemed to think it was.  
> He said
> the Goths dereived their name from guð. Which is the word for God.
> Le

There is no ð in Gothic. At least, there is no special sign for it.  
The question of _grammatischer Wechsel_ (Verner's Law) is somewhat  
disputed. At any rate, Gothic shows the (most probably) voiceless  
interdental spirant þ. Grimm would refer to the Proto-Germanic form.

David

P.S. Could you give the reference, please ? That is, which of the  
Brüder Grimm and where it is said, so I can check it ? Thanks !






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