New file uploaded to gothic-l (ents, Faroes, Christmas)

[thiudans]

Would *fahis (z) then be feminine as Ic. fær, or perhaps neuter like
agis, riqis, sigis &c.?

Should *jiula then be seen somehow to be the singular form of
(*)Jiuleis, the name of the months preceding and following "yule"
which I believe we have from the Go. Calendar?



--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
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> Or better still, *fahis-aujos, like 'sigis-laun'.
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> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@> wrote:
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> > > "Antjos, mja.pl." – probably also an i-stem, Anteis?
> > 
> > Campbell (Old English Grammar) has 'ent' down as an i-stem too.  That
> > would also agree with the general trend for i-stem ethnic names.
> > 
> > > "Faeroe Islands – Fairauja, pl." - -aujos, fjo. pl.?
> > 
> > How about: *fahiza-aujos (supposing that the iz/az stems were
> > generalised to -iz- in Gothic).  The name comes from an inherited
> > Indo-European word for sheep, ON fær < PN *fahaz < IE *pokos.
> > 
> > http://runeberg.org/svetym/0254.html
> > 
> > For Christmas, besides *weiha-nahts (and similar: weihons nahts?), we
> > could have: *jiula (=OE géol) or *jaíhvla (=OE geohhol) -- neuter
> > plural.  ON jól could be descended from either variant.
> >
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