Re: [gothic-l] d versus ð

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From: Ingemar Nordgren <ingemar.nordgren at ebox.tninet.se>
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Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 1:46 PM
Subject: [gothic-l] d versus ð


  Ingemar,
 Sorry to impose. You must be right. The sound of gothic d must be a voiced
spirant. If it weren't, there would be no vacciliation in writing final d/þ
(guþ, gudis)
                         Il Akkad


 Hi again, Keth!
>
> I have been thinking (make a note!). The letter 'ð' is primarily a
> phonetic sign. In Icelandic and Færøic it is used as a regular letter
> but in all other connections it is used to translate runic and other
> texts to show how to say it. I never write Oden/Odin but allways Óðinn
> but the runic text use þ. Þ can be transcribed as 'th' and 'ð' and
> sometimes as 'p'. The use in other languages than modern
> Icelandic/Færøic is accordingly allways a phonetical transcription.
> Priestess is otherwise for the Goths only mentioned in Greek or Latin
> and hence we must assume that there is an equivalent to gudja as male
> priest with Wulfila. This gudja probably was spoken 'guðja' because it
> comes from 'guþ'  that I am convinced was spoken 'guð'. Like e.g. Gerd
> who was 'Gerðr' and Ivar Vidfamne who was Ívarr víðfamði.
> I am however not a trained lingvist in bottom so I may be wrong.
>
> Kindly
> Ingemar
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