Greeting Hails

[r_scherp]

Hails!

Well, the opinions vary. I think we also have to distinguish between adjective and noun. In 'Verit heilir' the word clearly appears as an adjective. In German, however, 'Heil' seems to be used primarily as a noun that calls for the dative: 'Heil dir'. The examples Gerry posted seem to indicate a similar usage, but with an accusative instead of dative. Is that a valid interpretation?

Randulfs
--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Thomas Ruhm <thomas at ...> wrote:
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> In other languages greetings and other frequently used expressions with not much meaning the singular can be generalized.
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