[gothic-l] Re: Hlaford

[Francisc Czobor]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, åÇÏÒÏ× ÷ÌÁÄÉÍÉÒ <vegorov at i...> wrote:
> For reflection.
> The English word "loaf" has two meanings "bread" and "head" 
(slang). 
> In Slavic languages, "head" is "glava" (Czechic, Russian...) 
> that seems a cognate to the Gothic "hlaifs". But "glava", in turn,
> has also the meaning leader, chief.
>  
> Vladimir
>  

The Slavic cognate of Gothic hlaifs/hlaiba- "bread" is hleb "bread" 
(in fact it seems that the Slavic word was borrowd from Gothic).
The feminine counterpart of "lord" < hlaford "loaf-ward" (= "loaf 
keeper") is "lady" < hlaf-dige "loaf kneader". In this case, the 
meaning "head" wouldn't make sense.

Francisc


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