[gothic-l] Re: four points of the compass (German)

[Manie Lombard]

Actually:

North = Mitternacht, Norden
East = Morgen, Osten
South = Mittag, Süden
West = Abend, Westen


regards
Manie


----- Original Message -----
From: "llama_nom" <600cell at oe.eclipse.co.uk>
To: <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 4:24 PM
Subject: [gothic-l] Re: four points of the compass


> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Manie Lombard" <manielombard at c...>
> wrote:
>> Thanx Llama Nom
>>
>> I will use this information for my list and posted it as soon as I
> am
>> finished with it!!!
>
>
> Oh, and lest we forget the obvious, there are actually words
> attested for East and West / orient & occident, as nouns:
>
> URRUNS "rising, east, drain/toilet", masculine; the -s is is part of
> the root.  With meaning "rising, east" = Gk. ANATOLH (pluralis
> tantum, plural-with-singular-meaning, ANATOLAI).  Koebler suggests
> an i-stem, perhaps by analogy with the feminine 'urruns' (urruns-
> ) "exodus, going out, departure"; GARUNS "street, market,
> concourse"; or with the masc. RUNS (run-) "flow, course, run" = OE
> ryne.
>
> And SAGQ(S) "sinking/setting, west" = Gk. DUSMAI (pluralis tantum).
> Only attested dat.sg., so possibly either masc. or neut., but Wright
> and Koebler both list as masc., a-stem acc. Koebler.  See Mt 8,11
> fram urrunsa jah saggqa "from east and west" (the Gothic words are
> both dat.dg. here translating Gk. gen.pl. anatolwn, dusmwn).
>
> Llama Nom
>
>
>
>
>
> You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email
> to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->
In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers.
At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/S.QlOD/3MnJAA/Zx0JAA/wWMplB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->

You are a member of the Gothic-L list.  To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <gothic-l-unsubscribe at egroups.com>.
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gothic-l/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    gothic-l-unsubscribe at yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/