*gutiska vs.*gutisko - skinfaksi over hreidgotaland

[akoddsson]

skinfaksi heitir - shiningmane is called
es hinn skira dregr - who the bright drags
dag of drottmogu - day over drottsons (drott - a king's followers)
hesta batstr - of horses best
thykkir med hreidgotum - (he) is considered among hreidgoths
ey lysir mon af mari - ever shines mane of(on) (the) mare

vafthrudnismal 12 (sorry, only english letters today)

Here the Hreidgotar are allowed to have their own opinion about the 
horse skinfaksi (i.e. that he is the best of horses). Now, my opinion 
is that in the eyes of the norse, it seemed natural to connect the 
hreidgotar with the day and dawn, as the sun rises in the east. The 
hreidgotar were the first the hail the day, at least among germanic 
folk that the norse were aware of - folk who were of the same stock 
and who spoke a related tongue (i.e. not barbarians or total aliens to 
the ways and culture that seemed natural to the norse). Thus, these 
hreidgotar, who lived at the outer limits of the known world (seen 
through the eyes of the ancient norse), are the first to hail day, as 
day is literally drawn over them first by horse, and only then over 
other civilized and intelligible folk, like the more westerly norse. 

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Ingemar Nordgren" <ingemar at n...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi Konrad!
> 
> I really like your Gothic history. More of it please that I can agree
> with as well.
> 
> Best
> Ingemar

ik thanko.

gutiska kwithjo,
kunireths






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