[gothic-l] Letter of Martin Luther to the Elector of Saxony

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Thanks Edmund, I didn't know this and I was only sure about harja-, due to
the short syllable.

Hrothaland

Op vrijdag 30 januari 2015 heeft edmundfairfax at yahoo.ca [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> het volgende geschreven:
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> Dear Roel,
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> I have not read your translation through, but I did notice that you used
the neologism 'harjatiuhands.' Given the forms OHG herizogo, OS heritogo,
OE heretoga, the expected Gothic equivalent would in fact be *'harjatuga'
(masc. n-stem).
> The original sense appears to have been 'commander (of an army)' rather
than a title indicating social rank. As such, the word corresponds to
Byzantine Greek 'stratelates,' such that the Duden Herkunftswoerterbuch
assumes that the attested words in OHG, OS, and OE derive from an
unattested Gothic *harjatuga, which itself is thought to be a
loan-translation of the Greek. This of course is entirely speculative.
> Edmund
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> ---In Gothic-L at yahoogroups.com, <roellingua at ...> wrote :
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> Ok, I improved the letter, when I re-read it I found some big mistakes.
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> DU MEINAMMA ANSTEIGIN JAH FRIJODIN FRAUJIN, *HARJATIUHANDS FRIÞUREIK
SAHSONIS. IN ANSTEIGOM HANDUM SEINAIM.
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> ANSTEIGSTS FRAUJA JAH RAGINI
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> Þan *kiusafruma ansts þeina aftumistin jera gahait tawida þairh
Heirsjfaild, niuja wasein giban, qimau nu biduh þeina anst ita gamaudjan.
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> Fraihna þuk, ansteiga fraujan, swaswe airis, swe Pfaifiggair þata taujai,
ei bi sunjai, nih miþ sutizaim gahaitam taujai. Mag skauna waurda spinnan,
akei þize goda wasein ni wairþiþ.
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> Ist jah, ansteiga frauja, mik swikunþeiþ, þairh preior Airffaurda, saei
þeinis frumistans gahaita-attins - swe þeina frumista ansts unanst ganimai
bi nasjand Staupitz, wairþana liufana attan unsarana in gameleina is. Þan
wazuh her, þeina frumisto anst gasokida, haitada ina qaþuh ei mik ni waila
wesi frumista anst unwaila faur ina wesi. Bi sunjai miþ managaim waurdam,
ni anþarleiko bigat, þau frumista anst imma in seinamma hartin jah
kiusafruma Sahsonis liufana fruman ist jah amen sundro frumista ans þeina
ansteigana sijai, ei qeþi mis: ni muna ei ansteigistan fraujan þwairh
tawida: frijoda ufarfilu anst is. In þis bida, ansteigista fraujan, in
halbai seinamma, þan mis jah anafalh: frumista ansts þeina, alla anst imma
gibiþ jah traujis ina.
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> Jah, ansteigsta fraujan, ei trausti mein gibau jah wasein meina ganima.
Ik gahausida ei þeina kiusafrumins anst afar disskreitan ju satidans
gildis, niujata jah mais anapriggand gild satjan wildedeis: Iþ þeina
frumistans ansts bidos bidagwins þaurbandis ni wili gahaunjan,
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> beidau þuk, wileis, in Wiljin Gudis, ni wairþnan. Mis auk in hairtin
winniþ jah filu andsaljam izwaraim, ei þo gild in aftumistaim dagam godo
namo jah wlit jah hroþ abraba minzaida. Guþ þeinai frumiston ansta ufarfilu
handugeins gaf, þau in þamma tauja ni waurþi saiƕan mais þau mik, aiþþau,
iþ waurþai, allans skalkans þeinaizos frumistons anstis. Aþþan wairþai, ja
Guþ wili þata, ei managizan ahman þairh minnizan ahman idweitaidedi, ei ni
manna þatainei sik silban gatrauai, ak þatainei Guþ Fraujan unsarana, Saei
gafastiþ þeina frumisto ansts uns faur godana jah afar þata saiwala
þeinaizos frumistons anstis in aiwinai audagein. Amen.
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> Gaƕairbista kapailanus
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> frumistans anstis þeinaizos
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> Doktor Martinus Lutair
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> Witainbairga (ƕeitafairgunja)
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> harjatiuhands = duke (Germ. Herzog  Dutch. hertog        her = harjis +
zog = tiuhands (puller) )
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> kiusafruma = Elector (Germ. Kurfürst     kur {wahlen} = kiusan + furst {
erster } = fruma)
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> 2015-01-28 1:32 GMT+01:00 write2andy at ... [gothic-l] <
gothic-l at yahoogroups.com>:
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> Wouldn't "Saxony" be, say,  "Sahsonaland" or the plural of "Sahso"
(sorry, weak noun declensions are lost on me right now)?
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