[gothic-l] Thanks Francisc !! Anyone going to Valhalla? Any trees there?

[gunnerwold]

Thanks Francisc!
What you said really helped me out. I remember reading somewhere 
that my name meant lord of battle, but then battle-army makes sense 
too. I like my name a lot even though I´m a pacifist! It´s a part of 
history. Hey, I was wondering what Valhalla is in Gothic. Does 
anyone know if the Goths said Valhalla? How about Odin and Frigg? 
Since that´s where the Goths are now that they´re dead, it would be 
fun to be able to pronounce it right just in case I end up there 
when I´m dead. Hey, you never know! It would be embarassing to not 
know the name of the king and queen too. Maybe they let pacifists 
stand on the sidelines during the final battle. I´d be happy just 
taking care of the trees if there are any.

Gunner

> Welcome, Gunner!
> 
> Your name is the same as the Scandinavian Gunnar? In this case, it 
is originally identical with the German name Günther, a figure of 
the Niebelungen story. This was in fact a historical person, known 
as Gundahar or Gundicharius, king of the Burgundians, killed in a 
battle against the Huns in 436 AD. Thus, the name is Burgundian, not 
Gothic, that represents in fact no big difference. At that time, the 
Germanic languages were not very differentiated, and Gothic and 
Burgundian, as idioms spoken by East Germanic tribes, where probably 
still mutually intelligible. The name is composed of the old 
Germanic roots *gundhi- "battle, war" (Old Icelandic: gunnr, later: 
guthr, Old High German: gund) and *harja- "army" (Gothic: harjis, 
Old Icelandic: herr, Old English: here, Old High German: heri, 
Modern German: Heer, Swedish: här) thus in Gothic your name would be 
*Gundiharjis or *Gunthiharjis.
> 
> Francisc
> 
> 
> 
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "gunnerwold" <gunnerwold at y...> wrote:
> > Hello everyone. I'm a new member with questions. I'm trying to 
> learn Gothic but am having some problems figuring out what my name 
would be in Gothic. I'm pretty sure it exists because I read 
somewhere that it was Gothic. I also want to learn as many words for 
trees as I can because I'm very into nature and work in forestry. 
Can anyone help with these questions? Your help would be 
appreciated. Thanks.
> > 
> > Gunner


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