Warrior Class

[Valulfr_Vaerulsson at RUNEWOLF.ORG]

Hail Ualarauans

Jah, that's what I meant, should have been more clear on that, thanks.

Walawulf


Quoting ualarauans <ualarauans at yahoo.com>:

> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Valulfr_Vaerulsson at ... wrote:
> >
> > Hail Rutgur and Ingemar,
> > 
> > There is also the 'drauhtin' or 'war-lord'.  I'm not sure what 
> exactly the
> > function was on the battle field, but I do that the word came down 
> into Old
> > Norse as 'drótt' meaning the 'warrior-band', and 'dróttinn' as war-
> lord, and
> > eventually as 'Lord'or'God' in a Christian sense.
> 
> It didn't "come down", strictly spoken. It was inherited both by ON 
> and Gothic from PGrm. The Gothic form (*drauhtins, that is) is not 
> attested.
> 
> Ualarauans
> 
> 




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