[gothic-l] Re: Ic. "Bill" & Relevance

[sverre_johnsen at HOTMAIL.COM]

> To most Scandinavians "bil" probably appears as a word with only
> one meaning (as car), but there are some older meanings attached
> to the word. These older meanings may however be differentiated
> from the new meaning (car) by using variant spellings. Thus in
> New Norse we have bild/bil = iron used to let blood; sword
(archaic);
> penis.

I have never seen it being spelled "bil", only "bild".

> And bel/bil = a small space or a piece of something or a
> short span of time.

This word belongs to a different gender, neutrum.

> We also have the word "kjerre" (= a car), but this now only
> has the meaning of a vehicle that is either handdrawn or
> by an animal.

Oh no, "kjerra" can indeed mean "car". "Vogn" on the other hand, can
never mean "car", opposite of German.

Sverre


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