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About how to say "wassail":
 
Wassail is from Old English wes þu hal (be thou hale). It is tempting to  
suggest "wis þu hails" as its Gothic equivalent, but I cannot find examples 
of  "wis" used as an imperative. Wright says that the subjunctive was used 
for the  imperative "be", so that we should have "sijais þu hail". On the 
other hand, you  might like to take a liberty and suggest that "wis" may have 
existed as an  archaism or as an alternative form that Wulfila eschewed for 
some reason. In any  case "wis" would surely have been the expected imperative 
of "wisan" = make  merry.
 
Gerry T.
 
 
In a message dated 24/12/2011 22:48:44 GMT Standard Time,  
the_lothian at yahoo.com writes:

Ave  Civitas,

I was wondering what would be the Gothic equivalent of  Wassail?

Tom

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