[gothic-l] Re: *awi, *auja (was: kusanata)

[OSCAR HERRERA]

what is goth for then or than....the dictionary says thau,i think ,however im not sure....hwa ist gutiska faur then aithau than...tho boko qaths thau,ik thigk,auk ik im ni hails....oscar  herrera

llama_nom <600cell at oe.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:


In which case: Go. *Skadinawi = OE scedenig = OIc. Skáney = Skaane, 
if this contains the "island" word, in its broader sense of land 
only partly surrounded by water.

LN



--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at o...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hails Manie,
> 
> First, a correction to something I wrote: The word meaning "water 
> meadow, land liable to flooding, island, etc.", jo-stem, feminine, 
> would actually give Gothic *AWI in the nominative singular, 
declined 
> like 'mawi' (acc.sg. *auja, etc.).
> 
> I think the word meaning "luck" is cited in the form AUJA by 
Koebler 
> because one of the early Scandinavian runic inscriptions which 
> contains it has been considered East Germanic. But the grounds 
for 
> such attributions I gather is often quite tenuous.
> 
> The regular Gothic form corresponding to Proto Norse AUJA would be 
> *AWI as well, neuter ja-stem, declined like 'hawi'.
> 
> Llama Nom







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