Re: [tied] Re: auðaz? = o:ðaz? ?

At 3:34:14 PM on Monday, July 11, 2005, Richard Wordingham
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <eris@...> wrote:

>> To start off:

>> OHG - ót - property/estate/territory
>> OHG - uodal - property/estate/inheritance
>> Go - oþal - property/estate
>> Go - auðs(?) - estate/property
>> OIc/ON - óðal - property/inheritance
>> OIc/ON - auðr - riches/wealth
>> OSax - ód - estate/wealth
>> OE - e:ðel - homeland/territory/estate

>> I could not find "doublets" for the last two, as you can
>> see.

OE <éad> 'riches, prosperity, good fortune, happiness'; this
is also the onomastic theme in such OE names as <Éadweard>,
<Éadgár>, <Éada> etc.; the last is thus cognate with <Odo>.
PGmc. *au > OE éa is regular.

On the other side, OED2 mentions OSax <óðil>.

[...]

> Gothic apparently only shows -ils, and Old Frisian -le.

OED2 s.v. <ethel> notes OFris <éthel>, <óthol>.

> I can't shed any light on ON auðr or Gothic auðs(?).
> Perhaps they are indeed another word.

I'm not sure that the Gothic is attested, but it's seen in
Goth. <áudags> 'blessed' (cf. OE <éadig>). ON <auðr> goes
with OHG <o:t>, OE <éad>, etc.

Brian