[gothic-l] Re: Names

[M. Carver]

Hails!

I am like Francisc also, amateur (post-bac, trying to find a better graduate program). Allow me to suggest an
alternate nominal ending, as the participial agentive might be cumbersome and perhaps sound a bit un-namelike (see
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/2385/gothnames.html for common nymic terminals in Gothic). Of agentive suffixes
in Gothic there is -ja (< -jan-), such as in dedja (one who does) and kasja (one who makes pottery), gaggja (one who
goes). There is -jis, -eis  (< -ja-) as in harjis (army), asneis (daylaborer), siuneis (witness), fasteis (one who
holds fast, i.e. expert), ma?leis (speaker), ragineis (counsellor, guide), et al. There is also -areis, from latin.
But the closest match to -vaknir however might be the -jis/-eis ending. So besides *Wodawakjands, you might think
about *Wodawakjis or *Wodawakja, depending on your taste and euphony.

Matthew


Francisc Czobor wrote:

> --- 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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