[gothic-l] Re: Beowulf and the Geats

[Le Bateman]

Does anyone know if there might be a Gothic saga like Buiwulfs.
Le
----- Original Message -----
From: <Anthony.Appleyard at umist.ac.uk>
To: <gothic-l at egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 1:19 PM
Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Beowulf and the Geats


> --- In gothic-l at egroups.com, "Le Bateman" <LeBateman at N...> wrote:
> >  It is said that Beowulf is a Anglo-Saxon poem, but since in the
> > poem
> > Beowulf is the son of the King of the Geats, is it possible that
> > this was a copy of a much earlier Gothic poem.
>
> That depends on what you define as Gothic language. When the Beowulf
> story events were happening, all concerned were living in their pre-
> migration homelands in Scandinavia and Denmark and would likeliest
> have spoken Common Germanic rather than Alfred the Great's language
> or Wulfila's language.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email
to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.
> Homepage: http://www.stormloader.com/carver/gothicl/index.html
>
>


Shop online without a credit card
http://www.rocketcash.com
RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary

You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.
Homepage: http://www.stormloader.com/carver/gothicl/index.html