[gothic-l] Gotland, etc

[Tore Gannholm]

>  Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at swipnet.se> wrote:-
>> Here comes the first part of Guta lagh:
>> Guta Lagh
>> 1. Hier byrias lagh guta oc segia so at fyrstum
>> Thitta ir fyrst upp haf i lagum orum thet wir sculum naicca haithnu oc
>> iatta crisnu. Oc troa allir aann guth alzvaldanda. Oc hann thar bithia thet
>> hann unni os ar oc frith sigr oc hailsu Oc thet et vir magin halda
>> cristindomi orum Oc tro vari retri oc landi oru bygdu Oc vir magin huern
>> dag thet sysla i allum giarningum Oc vilia orum. sum guthi sei dyrth i Oc
>> or sei mest tharf at bethi til lifs oc sialar.
>
>  It looks most like Old Norse to me. E.g. for "and" it has {oc} and not
>{jah}. I still say that the Goths likeliest spoke Common Germanic when they
>left Scandinavia and the characteristic features of Wulfilan Gothic developed
>during their migrations. E.g. what is the Gotlandish word for "egg", or for
>other words where Common Germanic had {-jj-} between vowels?


Here comes a few other examples:

 Krimgotisch                     Gutamål  (Gutnisch)            Deutsch
Stein                                   Stein                   Stein

Stega                                   Stäjg                   20

Salt                                      Salt                  Salz

Broe                                    Broe                   Brot

Hus                                     Hus                    Haus
Lamb                                  Lamb                     Schaf
Wasti                                 Vast                     Verkleidung
Ga-runs                                   Garn           Markt/Handelsplatz


Tore


>
>  Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at tninet.se> wrote (Subject: Proposal for Germanic
>History List):-
>> ... My suggestion for name is exactly that: Early Germanic History-L.
>
>Preferably with minuses or underlines instead of spaces. Emailers don't like
>spaces in email addresses and web addresses.
>
>   Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at tninet.se> wrote (Subject: Book Review II - The
>Goths):-
>> Next review section: Why did the Goths migrate?
>
>Likeliest due to overpopulation.
>
>
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