[gothic-l] Re: Translating creeds?

[Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l]]

Edmund,

The days are reconstructed in Gothic by Koebler, but is it possible to
reconstruct the other months which aren't attested too? We know
saiptaimbair and naubaimbair, and I read here that Jiuleis is december, but
what about the other months?

Roel

2015-01-03 20:38 GMT+01:00 edmundfairfax at yahoo.ca [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

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> It should be noted that 'jiuleis' (masc. ja-stem) does NOT mean 'yule' but
> rather the name of a month corresponding more or less to 'December.' The
> expected Gothic word for 'yule', based on the early Germanic cognates (OE
> 'geo(hho)l', ON 'jol'), would be *'jiul' (neut. a-stem). The neologism
> 'godans jiulans,' which was cited in the earlier posting, is what one might
> call 'Gothese,' or Gothic (re)construction without any scientific basis.
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> Edmund
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