[gothic-l] Re: Boyar and related

[Ingemar Nordgren]

Vladimir wrote:
> I have come across the word "bo"
> with a similar assumed meaning
> in the book by Gleb Lebedev
> "The Viking Age In Northern Europe"
> (in Russian). But Lebedev is a historian,
> not a linguist. Some linguistic and
> etymologic comments on the medieval
> "bo" in Swedish would be desirable.
> However, your support leaves chance
> to survive for my "bo jarl".
> Vladimir
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Hi Vladimir,

Since  my own doctoral competence also is in history, even if my
dissertation also covered archaeology, linguistics, history of
religion and science of arts, I am not enough specialised to make a
real etymological derivation. I can however say that the combination
bo-jarl is quite convincing and normal linguistically and
historically, even if I have not seen the combination before. It fits
quite well into known facts in Sweden anyhow.

Best
Ingemar


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