From: lsroute66@...
Message: 10399
Date: 2001-10-18
--- In cybalist@..., babeck@... wrote:
I wrote:
<<B. Because the word Goth appears only in Greek and Latin and never
in ancient German.
<<Incorrect. It appears in a fragment of a Gothic calendar dating
from the Gothic occupation of Italy. The entry refers to the 23rd
October:
"þize ana Gutþiudai managaize martwre jah Friþareikeis"
(Day) of the many martyrs among the Gothic people and of (Saint)
Frederick.>>
Would you have a cite for this? To the best of my knowledge, the
earliest Saint Frederick (Fridrich) was a Friesian who died in the 9th
Century. So, on first impression, this would not be ancient German.
Steve