[gothic-l] Re: Ulfila

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "George Papadimitropoulos"
<archduke_dispater at y...> wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> Although it is not in my field of interest (I study medicine) I
like
> to study history and to a lesser degree linguistics. So,in the
> various internet fora concerning my hobbies that I write, I have as
> nickname Bishop Wulfila or Ulfila. In one of them another user
> ironically pointed out that Ulfila is a girl's name, and it
> means "beautiful as the dawn" or something like that. Allegedly
> Ulfila was the daughter of Odin and Frigga, with him citing as his
> source a certain "Scandinavielainen Mythologi" by Juhan Andersson
(it
> must be a finnish book). This of course triggered a short but very
> heated flame-war in which I tried to explain to him who Wulfila
> really was.
> Is it possible that he was right? Was there a scandinavian
> name "Ulfila" meaning "beautiful as the dawn"? I am sorry to
intrude
> on your scholarly conversation with such a trivial question but I
> could not find anyone more suitable to answer it.
>
> With respect,
> George Papadimitropoulos.
> (I am greek in case you are wondering)



Hi George,

until you get a better answer, I 'd like to confirm the obvious,
namely that Wulfila or Ulfila is of course a male name,
meaning 'little Wulf'. I doubt that there is a daughter of Odin with
that name.

cheers
Dirk




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