a Gothic poem (verse 3)--syntax, word usage

[Roman Rausch]

Here I'm back again. :-)

>see J 6,52; J 8,15; Mt 6,22; Col2,19; R 7,15; R 7,25; R 8,1-10, and 
so
>on. This seems to be the normal way. (All but the first of these
>examples are abstract).

Some are already made definite by a possessive pronoun or by 'alls', 
but yes, it seems to be clear that the article/demonstrative is 
usually omitted in such cases. I've also stumbled upon _witôþ_
'law', 
it's abstract and general most of the time and usually without 
article/demonstrative as well.
'World' being a special case sounds logical, maybe it's a fixed 
construction or a kind of fortification..


Third stanza:

Þáu fônu, sáiwala qiwa,
Or fire, [a] spirit [which is] quick,

Þaírh ita diwand waíhteis
By it die the things,

Akei rûna libáináis raíhtis,
Yet [a] secret [of] life indeed,

Gudane baírhta giba?
[Of] the gods [a] bright gift?


Is it possible to put an adjective after the noun? (Streitenberg's 
syntax part isn't online, hmpf.. I looked up in Wright's grammar (pp. 
182-194) but couldn't find anything concerning this point..) And if 
not, what about a relative clause with omission of the copula, so: 
_sáiwala soei qiwa [ist]_?

I'm not sure whether _raíhtis_ can be used this way.. Streitenberg 
translates it with German 'nämlich, doch, etwa' which cannot be
used 
in the meaning of English 'indeed', but my guide was Mat.9:37: 
_asans 
raihtis managa_ 'the harvest truly is plenteous' (seems by the way to 
show the omission of 'to be'). In the German Bible translation it is 
just 'the harvest is plenteous' (die Ernte ist gross).








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