[gothic-l] Re: The Goths, Gutland (Gutones) and the Guta Saga

[malmqvist52 at YAHOO.SE]

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"Mangir kunungar striþu a Gutland miþan haiþit war; þau hieldu Gutar 
e 
iemlika sigri oc ret sinum. Siþan sentu Gutar sendimen manga
til Swiarikis, en engin þaira ficc friþ gart, fyrr þan Awair Strabain 
af Alfa socn, hann gierþi fyrsti friþ wiþr Swia kunung."Many kings 
fought against Gutland during heathen times; though the 
Gutars always won and their ways were kept. Then the Gutars
sent many envoys to Sweden, though no one managed to bring peace 
before Awair Strabain from Alfa. He was the first one who
brought peace with the King of Sweden."

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Hi Dirk,

I'm just an amateur, but I think this really look swedishish to me. i 
think I would understand a good part of it given a few moments 
thought. Not to say that I would understand gutnish fast SPOKEN very 
good ( if it 's still alive).  I would definitely not understand 
gothic, and I really do't understand why people say that this and 
that swedish dialect is gothic. I think e. g. that this is also said 
about "västgötska" due to the word öfsadröp, wich I think is "drip 
from the roof" in english.
 Or am I wrong in thinking that gutnish is closely related to 
swedish? Clearly this must have  be looked upon many times before.

Best Wishes 
Anders







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