[gothic-l] Translating creeds?

[Dicentis a roellingua@gmail.com [gothic-l]]

Oscar, I 'm serious when I ask this, but where do you learn Gothic? You
have been around here for several years and I don't really know where the
Gothic dialect which you speak comes from, because I can't find it anywhere
in the Gothic Bible.

2015-01-01 17:49 GMT+01:00 OSCAR HERRE duke.co at sbcglobal.net [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

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> is to get....gitan?....wow that word slipped out....
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>   On Thursday, January 1, 2015 10:43 AM, "Marja Erwin marja-e at riseup.net
> [gothic-l]" <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I’m trying my hand at a Gothic translation of the Creed of Constantinople
> of 360.
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> Anyway, not at all skilled, and working from English and Latin rather than
> Greek, and I’m uncertain about some things:
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> Galaubjan +du +dative for “believe in” and “credere +in” - the Gospel of
> John seems to use the same construction.
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> Alwaldands for “almighty” and “omnipotens” - the Gothic and English words
> don’t mean the same thing.
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> fram þammei ??? sind. for “of whom are all things” and “ex quo sunt omnia”
> - what is the Gothic for everything, should it be in the nominative or
> dative, and should it be before or after the verb?
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> Aso, I expect trouble translating “begotten,” “according to the
> scriptures,” “as it is written,” etc. At least this one doesn’t involve
> “ousia”!
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> Any suggestions?
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