Numbers

[halsteis at PVV.NTNU.NO]

Hi.
I would guess that they did as the Greeks, eith a symbol for thousands. In
Greek numerals A' is 1, and ,A' is 1000. 2001 thus is ,BA'. Unfortunately
this is only speculation.

Halstein.


> There is 1 message in this issue.
>
> Topics in this digest:
>
> 1. Numbers
>     From: anheropl0x
>
>
> Message
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 1. Numbers
>     Posted by: "anheropl0x" anheropl0x at yahoo.com anheropl0x
>     Date: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:07 am ((PDT))
>
> How would you write the big numbers in Gothic, in the format of ·X·? But I
> mean large numbers that there are no characters for, for example the year
> 2009, would you write ·booþ(2009)· or ·®®sþ(900+900+200+9=2009)·? So
> basically, do you just use the closest base numbers or do you add it all
> up? Another example could be 2010, ·boi(2010)·, or
> ·®®si(900+900+200+10=2010)·. 2015 = ·boie((i+e=15)2015)· or
> ·®®sie(900+900+200+10+5=2015)·?
>
> Obviously they would be written out in words as twos þusundjos jah niun,
> twos þusundjos jah taihun, and twos þusundjos jah fimftaihun.
>
> Or could I be way off and it would be "·b· þusundjos jah ·þ/i/ie·"?
>
> Hopefully this isn't confusing and there's a simple answer to this: Yes to
> one or more of these or no to all of them.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Messages in this topic (1)
>
>
>
> You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email
> to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/gothic-l/attachments/20090816/d9c0c21d/attachment.htm>