Re: [gothic-l] ::: HÁILS :::

[Grsartor at AOL.COM]

Mr. Osorio ("Stentor") asked a fortnight ago whether anyone knew the names of 
the Germanic gods in Gothic. Their names are not, so far as I know, preserved 
in Gothic, but in his letter of 13th May Matt gave a list of hypothetical 
words deemed plausible by Jakob Grimm. Among them the following may be of 
interest:


*giugi or giugja   giant(ess)
*wrisa   giant
* ragineriqvis  ON. ragnarökr
*Nairþus  god ON. Niord
*Baldrs   god ON. Balder
*baldrs   prince
*Nanþo   goddess ON. Nanna
*Haþus   god ON. Hoder
*Ogeis   god ON. Oegir
*Laúha or *Luka  god ON. Loki
*Fanareis  Fenrir wolf
*Saurs   a goddess, Freya ON. “S?r”.
*Fraujo   ON. Freya
*Breisigge mani  Brising-necklace
*Gardi / Gardja, gen. Gardijos goddess ON. Gerdr
*Sibja   goddess Sif
*Nanþo   goddess Nothe or ON. Nanna, wife of Baldr
*Halja, gen. Haljos goddess Hel or Hell
*Frauja   ON. Freyr
*Baura   ON. Buri (i.e. first-born)
*Barus   ON. Börr
*izdo, Izdo  edda, ON. Edda
*Widugauja  a mythic dryadic being
*Waurþs, Wairþandei, Skuld The Fates
*Walakusjo  Valkyrie
*albs pl. -os or -eis / *albi gen. *albjos elf
*dwairgs   dwarf
skohsl >   sense of “wood-sprite”
*skogs, gen. skogis forest, wood
*þaurs pl. *þaursos or *þaursis pl *þaursjos, or *þaursus pl. *þaursjus,
or *þaursja pl *þaursjans  Thurse, Giant (Drinker)
*trallu   troll, giant, being of magic power
*Swartus   god Surtur
*Hleins   god(des?) Hlin
*Wrata   ? god(dess) of journeying or passage?
*Hulþo   goddess personalized “Kind Spirit” also, perhaps *Waihts
*wairawulfs  werewolf
*airknastains  arkenstone, precious jewel

Gerry T.

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