Attila's speech

[ualarauans]

Corrigendum

Getica 206: Meotidarum iter [...] tot saeculis clausum secretum.

Charles C. Mierow's translation: "[...] the path through the Maeotian 
swamp, for so many ages a closed secret". 

Gothic version: "Aujo wig [...] þana swa laggos aldins galukanan 
fulginana" (aping the Latin phrase).

I think it's better to use here the attested metaphor Go. in fulhsnja 
(Gr. EN TW KRUPTW, EN TW KRUFAIW) "in secret" (Mt. 6:4, 18).

Thus the new reading is: "Aujo wig [...] þana swa laggos aldins 
galukanan in fulhsnja".

Yours,

Ualarauans

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