[gothic-l] Eruli: The IE Etymology XII

[Bertil Haggman]

Keth,

Taylor was referring to the poetic name.
He is basing this on de Vries.

Erulically

Bertil

Old Icelandic "jormuni"  (with "hooked o")
does not mean a "horse" or an "ox".
It is merely listed in the Thulur as a possible poetic name
for a horse or an ox:

Øxna heiti. [B1 - 669]
2. Himinhriot, cattle
and hard-goer,
Hæfir [hoofed], stout one,
roarer, stot,
Hlid, Stuf and Lit,
Hrid [storm], draughtox,
Arf [inheritance], Iormuni
and mighty smith.

The Heruls brighten the waves !




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