Goda Austaradul=?utf-8?Q?=C3=BE_?=allaim!
Brian Smith
heatheninfo at YAHOO.COM
Sat Apr 23 13:02:02 UTC 2011
the -us in your proposed Nairþus, is a Latin convention.
Brian
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From: Frithureiks <gadrauhts at hotmail.com>
To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 23, 2011 8:24:21 AM
Subject: [gothic-l] Re: Goda Austaradulþ allaim!
Is it really celtic origin? I assumed all continental germanic people had this
Goddess since it seems both germans and the english knew about her.
Nairþus för Njorðr/Njord and Friddja for Frigga and Fraujo for Freya would be
suited names I suppose.
--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Ingemar Nordgren" <ingemar at ...> wrote:
>
> Why would they have this special goddess who seems rather to have a Celtic
>background regarding the sound of the name. Why not Njärðr/Nerthus or Freja?
>Hence maybe Niarðardulþ or Frijadulþ.
>
> Just a suggestion!
>
> Ingemar
>
> --- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Frithureiks" <gadrauhts@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello and Happy Easter to everyone.
> >
> > What I know there are two words suited for 'Easter' in gothic: dulþs and
>paska. The first meaning party/festival and the latter meaning Easter in the
>judeo-christian sence.
> >
> > But what in the heathen sence? The english call it Easter to celebrate the
>old Godess of Spring, Éastre and the germans call it Ostern to celebrate the
>same Godess, which they called Ostara.
> > If the goths worshiped her to, they would perhaps have called her Austara and
>hence this Easter would be Austaradulþs 'Festival of Éastre".
> >
> > Otherwise maybe wezradulþs = Spring festival, to celebrate the spring.
> >
>
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