[gothic-l] Re: Gothic

[babeck at ALPHALINK.COM.AU]

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:
> 
> I recognized this fragment as being from the Xmas gospel.
> ("because there was no room for them in the inn") which is Luke 2:7.
> 
> According to the Gothic Bible the text should read:
> 
>        unte ni was im rumis in stada þamma.
> 
..... 
> rumis = genitive sg. of *rum.
> stada = dative sg. of staþs.
> Why one uses the genitive for the room, I have no idea.

I believe it is a partitive genitive, which would make the meaning:
      for there was not for them any room in that place.
i.e.
      for there was no room for them in that place.
Here 'rums' would mean 'space' or place to stay' rather than 
specifically a physical partition of a building.
Cheers,
Brian


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