Drus Griutinge (salws)

[thiudans]

> Leikaiþ mis in liuþa,
> sweþauh ei, lagg ni ist,
> sangws salwaswinþs
> sakjons jah runo.


Isn't it too bad that the only attested *salw- is Go. salwa "unhurt",
prob. from Lat. salvus -a -um? I think there could have been a *salus or
*salws (like Go. falws) but cannot tell if the meaning would be
"yellow", "dark" or what. I wonder btw where this verbal Go. saul- with
meaning "dirt, mud" comes from. Something to do with "dark" > "stained"?


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