[gothic-l] Re: fairhwus + etc. (Gothic in Balkan)

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi, Dirk,

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> ...
> what is the evidence for Gothic being spoken in some parts of the
> Balkans int he 9th and 10th century? The records of the Bavarian
> mission to the Balkan do mention Gepids in that area, but give no
> indication as to their language.
>

I wrote from memory about "9th and 10th century". In fact:
According to Walahfrid Strabo, Gothic was still used in his time (the
9th century) in some churches in the region of the lower Danube, in
the neighborhood of Tomi (now Constanta, in Romania, at the Black
Sea).
I think it is not suprising that Gothic survived until the 9th
century in what was Moesia Inferior. According to Jordanes: "There
were other Goths also, called the Lesser, a **great people** whose
priest and primate was Vulfila, who is said to have taught them to
write. And to-day they are in Moesia, inhabiting the Nicopolitan
region as far as the base of Mount Haemus. They are a **numerous
people**, but poor and unwarlike, rich in nothing save flocks of
various kinds and pasture-lands for cattle and forests for wood."
(Getica, LI, Charles C. Mierow's translation)

Francisc




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