Rosomil, Rosmunda, Rosamunda

[llama_nom]

Ah, I should have read further before posting... The way they're cited
here makes it look as if they're Old High German names/nicknames of
living people: Hruodo, Hruozo, Ruozo, Rozo and feminine Roza
(Germanische Mythen: Forschungen, p. 285). Presumably the mythological
connection is Mannhardt's supposition? He sees these as a combination
of hrôd- + -s-, a suffix often used to form neuter nouns, to produce
'hrôds', 'hrôs', "das einzig in Altnornischen bewahrt ist [...]", so I
guess that answers my other question.  But would be expect the
consonant cluster to be simplified in the same way in Gothic: sþ > ss > s?


--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Gerhard Köbler, following Holthausen, derives the names Rosomil,
> Rosmunda, Rosamunda from a root *rus- found in English 'rust' (perhaps
> also found in Rosomoni), related ultimately to Go. 'rauþs' "red",
> 'ga-riudi' "decency". But Wilhelm Mannhardt reconstructs Rosamunda as
> Hrosamunda (Germanische Mythen: Forschungen, p. 287), connecting this
> with certain "Beinamen Wôdans": Hrôdso, Hrôso, Rôso--"der Ruhmträger".
> (Where are these attested?) Roods or Herodis is said to be the name
> given to the Wild Huntsman in a story from Hannover (1935-6:
> Handwoerterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens, Vo. VII, p. 776). Looking
> at other possibilities, I see that Köbler has a Proto-Germanic
> adjective 'hrôzaz' "nhd. rührig, sich rührend, hurtig; ne. busy,
> quick; RB.: ae., mnl., as" (e.g. OE 'hrór' "capable of motion,
> vigorous, strong", a credible naming element, given the female names
> with the second element -swinþ-, -þrúþ-). This adjective is related to
> the verb 'hrôzjan-' "nhd. rühren; ne. stir (V.); RB.: an., ae.,
> afries., anfrk., as., ahd." There is also the Old Norse verb 'hrósa'
> "to praise". I don't know if this is related to any of the above, but
> semantically it too seems a reasonable naming element given naming
> elements such as Hrôþi-.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> LN
>


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