Translation for Gk. *foberos

[Arthur Jones]

Hails thiudans!
   
  Re: Your search for a Gothic expression close enough to Gk. foberos:
   
  Jah ogs; ogs mikils. Can we try a gerundive (being waurdsokjandans ourselves)?
   
  What about, from ogs- root, a fear-instilling "ogjands" for starters?
   
  Or if the wraith is particularly shiver-inducing, how about "usgaisjands"?
   
  Or even the most universally surviving Germanic word I know --no, not the vulgarities, either-- "grimms". 
   
  Arthur
   
  arthur.jones at yahoo.com
   

thiudans <thiudans at yahoo.com> wrote:
          I have need of a translation for Gk. foberos "fearsome", I've thought
of constructing something like *agis-leik-s, cf. Ic. ógurlegur. Is
anyone familiar with the way in which weak nouns of this type (ending
in -is -iz-) would form compounds? Also other suggestions are welcome.



         


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