Gepanta

[thiudans]

More on Gepanta - Gepid:

Cleasby/Vigfusson have an entry:

"GAUFA, að, (and gauf, n., gaufari, a, in.), to saunter, be sluggish, 
freq. akin to gafi, cp. Goth, gepanta in a reference by Jornandes -- 
iiam lingua eoruin 'pigra' gepanta dicitur, whence ' Gcpidi, ' the 
name of an ancient Teut. people."

Gaufa in OIc. should have shown Go. *gaupan - gaupanda. Or? The greek 
word for Gepids (Gepaides) shows a long e (eta) on the first syllable 
and an acute tone or accent on the penult.

Any other explanations for the Gepids' name?



--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, jdm314 at a... wrote:
>
> jdm31- at aol.com wrote:
> original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/gothic-l/?start=785
> >
> > Gepanta (gepantus?) is obviously later Latin.
> > Cannot find it in my Latin-Swedish dictionary.
> > Am contacting an expert in the field to see
> > what he comes up with.
> 
> 	It occurs in the Getica, which is supposed to have been 
published in
> 551 AD, so yes, it is late. Furthermore, it isn't Latin, it's a
> supposedly Gothic word quoted in a Latin text. Therefore it is not
> surprising if you cannot find it.
> 
> -Ïusteinus
>






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