[gothic-l] Re: the word "the" (corrections to my last post)

[llama_nom]

> 'weihis ahmins' "the gift of the 
> Holy Spirit" (weak adjective with no article).

Pardon me: that should have said STRONG adjective with no definite 
article.



> But in the Skeireins: þata raihtis anasiunjo wato, jah þana 
> andaþahtan ahman "on the one hand, the visible water, and [on the 
> other] the mentally-apprehensible spirit".  A contrast, but 
preposed 
> adjectives.

The nouns are different though, so it's not a contrast that relies 
on the adjective.

LN






--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at o...> wrote:

> 
> 1) Here's what Todd B. Krause and Jonathan Slocum have to say 
about 
> such things in relation to the language of the earliest runic 
> inscriptions in Scandinavia, in Old Norse Online, chapter 10.
> 
> Preposed adjectives complete the sense of the noun, while 
postposed 
> adjectives serve to make a contrast....
> 
> There seems to be no correlation between strong/weak adjective 
endings 
> and adjective placement: postposed adjectives may be strong or 
weak, 
> and similarly for preposed adjectives. The strong adjective 
denotes a 
> quality which is not a lasting attribute of the noun it modifies.
> 
> http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/eieol/norol-TC-X.html




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