[gothic-l] Athanareiks = Heidrek?

[M. Carver]

on 11/30/00 6:15 PM, Frank Kermes at gevurah at hotmail.com wrote:

> Greetings all,
> 
> What's the likelihood that "Heidrek" is the Old Norse form or syntagenym of
> Gothic "Athanareiks?"  (please excuse my spelling, I hope my question is
> clear).  I'm not sure if the themes of the two names match up (Heid- =
> Athana-, -rek = -reiks) phonologically, though they seem to semantically
> (Heid- and Atha- meaning noble?)
> 
> Cheers,
> Frank


I'm not sure Frank, but the meanings are slightly different. Heidur, which
means honor, were probably Go. hauhiþs "exalted" or similar. Athana- would
be more related to atta, athala- "patrimonial inheritance" = inherited
wealth or title. Go. has *aiza- "honor" cf. OE a'r and wulthu- though
neither apparently occur in patronymic context.

Matþaius


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