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<p>--- In <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>, "thiudans" <thiudans@..<wbr>.> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Would *fahis (z) then be feminine as Ic. fær, or perhaps neuter like<br>
> agis, riqis, sigis &c.?<br>
<br>
I think neuter is the original gender (cf. also Lat. pecus, pecoris,<br>
n.), and given these other neuter nouns with -is/-iz it seems most<br>
likely that it would be preserved as such in Gothic. Maybe the<br>
Icelandic cognate changed declension and gender later under the<br>
influence on 'ær' "ewe" after the sound changes that obscured its<br>
connection with agi, røkkr, sigr, and so on.<br>
<br>
> Should *jiula then be seen somehow to be the singular form of<br>
> (*)Jiuleis, the name of the months preceding and following "yule"<br>
> which I believe we have from the Go. Calendar?<br>
<br>
The month name 'fruma jiuleis' which appears in the Calendar as a<br>
synonym for 'Naubaimbair' is masculine singular, as shown by the<br>
adjective: a long ja-stem like hairdeis. It corresponds to ON ýlir<br>
(masculine singular) and Anglian OE giuli (mentioned by Bede:<br>
Primusque eorum mensis, quem Latini Januarium vocant, dicitur<br>
Giuli...December Giuli, eodem quo Januarius nomine, vocatur... Menses<br>
Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præcedit,<br>
alius subsequitur, nomina accipiunt (cited in the OED)) -- in later<br>
West Saxon OE the months before and after the feast are called 'se<br>
æ´rra géola' and 'se æftera géola', with a change of declension to<br>
masculine n-stems.<br>
<br>
The midwinter feast itself -- the 12 days of Christmas -- is neuter<br>
plural in ON and Icelandic (jól), and sometimes in Old English (æ´r<br>
géolum = advent). Maybe the tendency to make it singular came as the<br>
word's meaning changed to apply to the Christian festival. In view of<br>
which, maybe it is worth having a more specific word after all for the<br>
day itself when Christ's birth is commemorated, and keep the old<br>
grammar for the festive 12 days as a whole.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/png/oe_bosworthtoller/b0424.png">http://lexicon.<wbr>ff.cuni.cz/<wbr>png/oe_boswortht<wbr>oller/b0424.<wbr>png</a><br>
<a href="http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/png/oi_cleasbyvigfusson/b0727.png">http://lexicon.<wbr>ff.cuni.cz/<wbr>png/oi_cleasbyvi<wbr>gfusson/b0727.<wbr>png</a><br>
<br>
LN<br>
<br>
> --- In <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>, "llama_nom" <600cell@> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > Or better still, *fahis-aujos, like 'sigis-laun'<wbr>.<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > --- In <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>, "llama_nom" <600cell@> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > <br>
> > > > "Antjos, mja.pl." – probably also an i-stem, Anteis?<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Campbell (Old English Grammar) has 'ent' down as an i-stem too.<br>
That<br>
> > > would also agree with the general trend for i-stem ethnic names.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > > "Faeroe Islands – Fairauja, pl." - -aujos, fjo. pl.?<br>
> > > <br>
> > > How about: *fahis-aujos (supposing that the iz/az stems were<br>
> > > generalised to -iz- in Gothic). The name comes from an inherited<br>
> > > Indo-European word for sheep, ON fær < PN *fahaz < IE *pokos.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > <a href="http://runeberg.org/svetym/0254.html">http://runeberg.<wbr>org/svetym/<wbr>0254.html</a><br>
> > > <br>
> > > For Christmas, besides *weiha-nahts (and similar: weihons<br>
nahts?), we<br>
> > > could have: *jiula (=OE géol) or *jaíhvla (=OE geohhol) -- neuter<br>
> > > plural. ON jól could be descended from either variant.<br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
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