[gothic-l] "Nosferatu- alien s.f."

[jdm314 at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 11/14/00 1:36:23 AM Central Standard Time,
tore.gannholm at swipnet.se writes:

<< What is the correct spelling of thin name?
 I have in various places seen it spelled Wulfilas Wulfilas's translation.
 Tore >>

As I explained in an earlier post, Greek sources spell the name Oulphilas
(normally Latinized to Ulphilas), which almost certainly represents a Gothic
*Wulfila "little wolf," which would be declined as a weak masculine. This
form is not attested anywhere (to my knowledge) but just makes sense.
Wulfilas is right out because it's a combination of the Gothic phonology with
the Greek morphological ending!

-Iusteinus

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