[gothic-l] Re: *ibdalja-

[malmqvist52 at YAHOO.SE]

Hi Matþaius

I would like to know more about the context for this.
to me the words "incline" or "slope" doesn't say enough. 
Is it about someone sloping off or inclining towards, or?
Best wishes
Anders
--- In gothic-l at y..., "M. Carver" <me at m...> wrote:
> Is anyone familiar with the derivation of *ibdalja-?
> It occurs only once in the corpus, in the dative "ibdaljin", meaning
> "incline" or "slope".
> I suppose the only options are a masculine "*ibdalja" or a neuter 
adjectival
> noun "*ibdaljo" (dat. of n. *ibdali would of course be *ibdalja).
> The meaning of *ib- here is also unclear.
> Any educated opinions on the matter would be appreciated.
> 
> -Matþaius


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