[gothic-l] Re: How do I pronounce my name?

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi, Alaric,

Indeed, your name would translate in English as "all-ruler".
Jordanes (the 6th century Visigothic chronicler) spells Alaricus or
Halaricus, in other sources the name appears as Alarich.
In classical Gothic (I mean the language of the Gothic Bible of the
4th century) it would be *Ala-reiks, being derived from ala "all" and
reiks "ruler".

Francisc


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "chitsujo" <chitsujo at y...> wrote:
>
> My name is Alaric.  I was named after the Visigoth king from around
> 410AD, after my mom saw it in a list of names.  I am told that it
> translates to english as "ruler over all" or "all-ruler".  I am
> wondering if this is true, and also how my name would be said in
> proper Gothic.  I have been pronouncing it "Ah-la-rick" and it just
> struck me how odd it would be if it were meant to be something very
> different.
> If anyone knows the answers to these questions, or any interesting
> information about Alaric the historical figure, I would really
> appreciate knowing more.
> Thanks.





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