[gothic-l] Re: fairhwus & hliftus

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi, Brian,

I didn't know about this.
Indeed, OE hliftan is obviously related to hlifan & hliftus.

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "brianbeck_au" <babeck at a...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Francisc Czobor"
<fericzobor at y...>
> wrote:
> > The Gothic word hliftus "thief" has no equivalent (as far as I
> know)
> > in other Germanic languages. Together with the verb hlifan "to
> steal"
> > it comes from the IE root klep- "to steal", whence also Greek
> > kleptein "to steal", klepte:s "thief" (> cleptomania!), Lat.
> > clepere "to steal".
> > German Dieb / English thief have also a Gothic equivalent:
thiubs /
> > thiufs.
>
> Hi,
> What about the English "lift" in the sense of "to steal", e.g. shop-
> lifting.  This derives from the OE. hliftan, to steal.



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