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<p>--- In <a href="mailto:gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com">gothic-l@yahoogroup<wbr>s.com</a>, "ualarauans" <ualarauans@<wbr>...> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Incidentally, how will we reconstruct the name in Gothic - *Sibika <br>
> M.-an (a shortform of a name with Sibja-?) or *Bikk(j)a? In the <br>
> latter case a folk-etymological connection with "bitch" seems <br>
> arguable.<br>
<br>
I had *Sibika once in an earlier version of that there poem; in fact,<br>
I was even calling it Sibikins liuþ at one point. In Hervarar saga,<br>
Heidrek's treacherous wife is called Sifka (and she's the daugher of<br>
the Hunnish King Humli). If the name reached Scandinavia from West<br>
Germanic sources at some time after the ôn-stems became restricted to<br>
feminine words and the an-stems to masculine, that would account for<br>
the name being applied to a female character.<br>
<br>
> Was there anything like *bikkjusonr in ON?<br>
<br>
There was indeed: 'bikkjusonr' (son of a bitch), 'bikkjuhvelpr' (whelp<br>
of a bitch), 'bikkjustakkr' (bitch's hide) as well as 'bikkja' itself<br>
and the male 'hundr' are all attested as insults in Old Norse [<br>
<a href="http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/png/oi_cleasbyvigfusson/b0062.png">http://lexicon.<wbr>ff.cuni.cz/<wbr>png/oi_cleasbyvi<wbr>gfusson/b0062.<wbr>png</a> ].<br>
Likewise 'grey' (synonymous with 'bykkja'). I don't know if there are<br>
any examples of ON 'tík' "bitch" used as an insult, but it wouldn't be<br>
surprising; this latter is the source of the Modern English word 'tyke'!<br>
<br>
Right, I think this calls for a medley of Viking repartee:<br>
<br>
(1) Kolr mælti: "Hverr er þessi inn vándi bikkjusonrinn, er þorir at<br>
tjalda búð þá, er ek er vanr at tjalda, ok hann er svá djarfr?"<br>
<br>
Sturlaugr mælti: "Þú munt vita glöggvast, hverr bikkjusonrinn er, því<br>
at hann var hér engi, áðr þú komst hér, en ef þú spyrr at nafni mínu<br>
þá heiti ek Sturlaugr," <br>
<br>
Kol said, "Who is this wretched son of a bitch who makes so bold as to<br>
dare to pitch camp in the shelter where I normally set up."<br>
<br>
Sturlaug said, "You should know best who the son of a bitch is, seeing<br>
as how there wasn't one here before you arrived. But if you want to<br>
know my name, well then I'm called Sturlaug."<br>
<br>
(Hmm, this reminds me of the pirate insults from the computer game<br>
Monkey Island.)<br>
<br>
(2) Ok áðr en samam kómu fylkingar, bað Hákon konungr lúðrsveininn<br>
blása; hann blés tysvar ok heldr lágt. Konúngr mælti: "Betr blés<br>
bikkjuhvelprinn þinn á Björgynjar bryggjum, er þú tók silfr af<br>
mönnum." Síðan blés hann miklu betr.<br>
<br>
And before the armies came together, King Hakon bade his trumpeter to<br>
blow on his trumpet. He blew twice, rather quietly. The king said,<br>
"You blew better at Bergen quay, you whelp of a bitch, when people<br>
gave you silver." After that, he blew much better.<br>
<br>
(I can well imagine...)<br>
<br>
(3) Konungr lézt aldri hirða um heitingar þeira ok kvað enga dáð í<br>
bikkjum þeim.<br>
<br>
The king showed no concern for their threats and said there wasn't a<br>
bit of bravery in those bitches. (=his former berserks)<br>
<br>
(4) Boðvarr bað bikkjuna hans þegja ok kastar honum niðr í mosann.<br>
<br>
Bodvar told the bitch to shut up and threw him down onto the moss.<br>
<br>
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