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<p>Hi everybody, <br>
<br>
I've been subscribed to Gothic-L for a long time, but as far as I can recall<br>
I've never posted anything. Ironically, my first posting isn't about Gothic,<br>
but about another old Germanic language. I recently read about the Pernik<br>
Sword. It was found in Bulgaria in the 1920s I think, and has the following<br>
inscription: +IHININIhVILPIDHINI<wbr>hVILPN+<br>
<br>
In the last couple of years, a researcher claimed to have identified the<br>
language as Austro-Bavarian, Lombardic, or another early West Germanic<br>
language. The translation they give is "I do not await eternity, I am<br>
eternity." But since the paper isn't available online, I'm not sure of the<br>
intended parsing for such a translation. <br>
<br>
Assuming a West Germanic language with "hvil" for E. "while"/G. "weile", I<br>
would guess the inscription is supposed to be parsed as: "I hini ni hvilpid<br>
hini hvilpn". This would make -id and -n pretty typical Germanic verb<br>
inflections. But what's that p doing in there? -pid and -pn would be<br>
surprising verb endings I think. Could hvilp- be the root word? Wouldn't<br>
that make it less likely to be cognate with "while/weile"<wbr>? Are there any<br>
potential cognates in other Germanic languages for somehting like this?<br>
Maybe: whilpan, whilvan, wilvan, vilfid, whilfed, völvon (Volvo!)...?<wbr>?? Am I<br>
barking up the wrong tree? Regardless though, if -id and -n are verb<br>
inflections, makes hvilpid sound like a past tense to me. Does anybody know<br>
if "hini" has cognates with a meaning similar to "eternity"? <br>
<br>
Personally, I think hvilp- (if that's the correct parsing) is more likely<br>
cognate with "wolf" (cf. PIE *wlp-), making the p in hvilp- an archaism that<br>
was dropped in other Germanic languages. That would make Lombardic: I hini<br>
ni hvilpid hini hvilpn. Something like "I am not wolfish, I am wolfen" or<br>
"I'm not wolf*like*, I *am* a wolf". In that case, Lombardic "hini" would<br>
probably be cognate with "hine", the Anglo-Saxon accusative case of "he". Or<br>
maybe hini functions like German heiße (Swedish heter, Icelandic heiþur) =<br>
"my name is", so Hvilpid would be a proper name (is Úlfið a name?), similar<br>
to Scandinavian Ulfs, Gothic Wulfilas, or German Wolfgang, giving the<br>
sentence a meaning akin to "Wolfgang's not just my name, I really am a<br>
wolf!" (Jag heter inte Ulfs, jag heter ulf / Ich heiße nicht Wolfgang, ich<br>
heiße Wolf) Not a half bad thing to inscribe on your sword if you ask me...<br>
Totally speculative, of course.<br>
<br>
Any thoughts? <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Nathan McKnight<br>
www.nathanmcknight.<wbr>com<br>
<br>
Nathan Bellomy<br>
Assistant Editor, Science<br>
McGraw-Hill School Solutions Group<br>
8787 Orion Place | Columbus, OH 43240<br>
Phone: 614-430-4990 | Fax: 614-430-4403<br>
<a href="mailto:nathan_bellomy%40mcgraw-hill.com">nathan_bellomy@<wbr>mcgraw-hill.<wbr>com</a> <br>
<br>
The difference between <br>
theory and practice<br>
is smaller in theory <br>
than it is in practice. <br>
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