Wulfila, Alareiks, Aþanagilds

[llama_nom]

"Lion" was the name of the hero's horse in Waltharius.

Ipseque de stabulis victorem duxit equorum,
Ob virtutem quem vocitaverat ille Leonem.


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Abdoer-Ragmaan Lombard"
<manielombard at ...> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I saw this idea and I thought if we accept *Liwigilds we could 
> > as well derive its first element from Go. *liwa M.-an "lion" (cf. 
> > OCSl. loan liv-u "idem"). Not that lions were very popular among 
> > Goths. They could have seen the beasts in Roman amphitheaters being 
> > engaged themselves as gladiators or as members of diplomatic staff 
> > maybe.
> 
> Hi Ualarauans
> 
> Or rather just a hypocorism for names beginning with "Liwi"-.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Manie
>


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