[gothic-l] Re: Names

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "hrafnsnest" <mimir at s...> wrote:

Hails, Odhvaknir,

I'll try to give you a suggestion, but keep in mind that I am not a
specialist in Gothic, not even a linguist, but just a poor humble
amateur who can not even find enough time for his hobby.
So the Gothic form for odh- "inspiration/madness" (in OHG wot, German
Wut "rage, madness"), would be probably *woth- or *wod-, but I think
that it is not attested in the extant Gothic writings; "to wake up"
is in Gothic wakan, thus the causative form "to awaken" should be
*wakjan. In conclusion, most probably the Gothic correspondent
of "Odhvaknir" could be *Wothawakjands or *Wodawakjands or something
like this. You should better ask a specialist.

Francisc


> Hail Francisc,
>
> Speaking of names, some time ago I constructed a by-name for myself
> Odhvaknir < ON - meaning "one who awakens inspiration, or madness",
depending on the mood I'm in I suppose.  How would you render this in
Gotic?
>
> Ves Heil,
> Odhvaknir


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