[gothic-l] Translating creeds?

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

I think that for our modern Gothic using the Latin names would be most
practical. Also, the Gothic calendar shows how the Goths at least for one
month used a Latin month name so it isn't that strange if we adapt the
idea. One of the members of this group, Fredrik, in fact made some
neologisms for the months in Gothic, but I can't find them back.



2015-01-04 1:58 GMT+01:00 edmundfairfax at yahoo.ca [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:

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> Why the Gothic month-names should line with those in Slavic rather than
> those in the other early Germanic languages escapes me. The names of the
> months in Old English, for example, do in fact appear to relate to the
> rhythms of agricultural life and pagan beliefs, as one would expect of an
> proto-calendar:
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> se aerra geol = 'the earlier Yule (month)'
> se aefter(r)a geol = 'the later Yule (month)'
> solmonath = 'mud-month'
> Hrethemonath = 'Hrethe-month' (Hrethe is apparently an earlier heathen
> deity)
> Eastermonath = 'Easter-month' (likewise the name of earlier heathen deity
> it seems)
> thrimilcemonath = 'thrice-milch-month'
> se aerra litha = 'the earlier summer-solstice-period'
> se aefter(r)a litha = 'the later summer-solstice-period'
> weodmonath = 'weed-month'
> haligmonath = 'holy-month'
> winterfylleth = 'winter-filth'
> blodmonath = 'blood-month'
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> Edmund
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> ---In Gothic-L at yahoogroups.com, <marja-e at ...> wrote :
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> A few issues.
>
> First, I thought the differences between traditional Slavic calendars
> corresponded with the differences between the regional climates, planting
> times, harvest times, etc. rather than with more accidents of who did or
> didn’t apply an extra month. So harvest months in Gothic should line up
> either with Bulgarian or Ukrainian, not Old English.
>
> Second, Wulfila avoids writing hailags.
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> Third, Diceneus the astronomer comes to the Getae rather than to the
> Goths. Jordanes merges Getic history into Gothic history.
>
> On Jan 3, 2015, at 7:04 PM, Dicentis a roellingua at ... [gothic-l] <
> gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> > Andy, I know the Gothic dictionary of this guy and although I have read
> some things at his website, I 'm not sure if I can trust his website in
> regard to a calendar.
>
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