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Ah, I should have read further before posting... The way they're cited<br>
here makes it look as if they're Old High German names/nicknames of<br>
living people: Hruodo, Hruozo, Ruozo, Rozo and feminine Roza<br>
(Germanische Mythen: Forschungen, p. 285). Presumably the mythological<br>
connection is Mannhardt's supposition? He sees these as a combination<br>
of hrôd- + -s-, a suffix often used to form neuter nouns, to produce<br>
'hrôds', 'hrôs', "das einzig in Altnornischen bewahrt ist [...]", so I<br>
guess that answers my other question. But would be expect the<br>
consonant cluster to be simplified in the same way in Gothic: sþ > ss > s?<br>
<br>
--- In <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>, "llama_nom" <600cell@...<wbr>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> <br>
> Gerhard Köbler, following Holthausen, derives the names Rosomil,<br>
> Rosmunda, Rosamunda from a root *rus- found in English 'rust' (perhaps<br>
> also found in Rosomoni), related ultimately to Go. 'rauþs' "red",<br>
> 'ga-riudi' "decency". But Wilhelm Mannhardt reconstructs Rosamunda as<br>
> Hrosamunda (Germanische Mythen: Forschungen, p. 287), connecting this<br>
> with certain "Beinamen Wôdans": Hrôdso, Hrôso, Rôso--"der Ruhmträger".<br>
> (Where are these attested?) Roods or Herodis is said to be the name<br>
> given to the Wild Huntsman in a story from Hannover (1935-6:<br>
> Handwoerterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens, Vo. VII, p. 776). Looking<br>
> at other possibilities, I see that Köbler has a Proto-Germanic<br>
> adjective 'hrôzaz' "nhd. rührig, sich rührend, hurtig; ne. busy,<br>
> quick; RB.: ae., mnl., as" (e.g. OE 'hrór' "capable of motion,<br>
> vigorous, strong", a credible naming element, given the female names<br>
> with the second element -swinþ-, -þrúþ-). This adjective is related to<br>
> the verb 'hrôzjan-' "nhd. rühren; ne. stir (V.); RB.: an., ae.,<br>
> afries., anfrk., as., ahd." There is also the Old Norse verb 'hrósa'<br>
> "to praise". I don't know if this is related to any of the above, but<br>
> semantically it too seems a reasonable naming element given naming<br>
> elements such as Hrôþi-.<br>
> <br>
> Any thoughts?<br>
> <br>
> LN<br>
><br>
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