LL-L "Literature" 2011.08.03 (09) [DE-EN]

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From: Marcus Buck list at marcusbuck.org
Subject: LL-L "Literature" 2011.08.03 (08) [DE-EN]

From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>

          Subject: Literature

OK, Marcus. I agree that this matter requires skepticism, but it also
requires an open mind.

Kriem*hild* <> *Hild*iko (> Ildikó) ?

Wikipedia:
 Der Name ist zusammengesetzt aus zwei
althochdeutschen<http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althochdeutsche_Sprache>Bestandteilen:
ahd.
*grim* = Maske, Verkleidung und ahd. *hilt(j)a* = Held, Recke, Kämpe,
Kämpfer. Der Name *Kriemhild* bedeutet folglich wörtlich übersetzt:
*verkleideter
Held*.

"Disguised/masked hero"? Why such a name for a woman?

Crazy Germanic people, but that was what they did. They always created their
names from two words, usually names of animals, positive adjectives and
words from the realm of war:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_name><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_name>
.

"Mechthild" is a female name and comes from "macht" (as in "mighty") and
"hild" (which above-linked article translates as "war" instead of
"warrior"). It's very common for Germanic female names.

Marcus Buck

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