[gothic-l] Re: "Umlaut" in Gothic?

[Tore Gannholm]

>  > Would airils be the same as Norse jarl and Old  English earldorman.
>>  I had
>>  seen this OE word as  eorl.
>>  Le
>
>Le,
>
>The Old English words /eorl/ and /ealdormann/ really have nothing in
>common. Norse /jarl/ is cognate with the first of them. If Vladimir
>thinks Russian /jarilo/ or Gothic /airils/ is related to either, I
>can't tell.
>
>Gazariah
>

It is an interesting view. The Varangians that came with Rurik in 862
from the Svear were using the title Jarl in their homeland.

It is now fully accepted by the present generation of scholars in
Russia that the Varangians played an important role in forming the
Russian state. Novgorod, Kiev etc.

Tore
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