Re: [tied] Re: Rix

An afterthough, hopefully an interesting one. I recently mentioned Runic aljamarkiR 'foreigner'. The very inscription that contains it (Kårstad, Norway) reads:

ek aljamarkiR baij?R

where ? may be <a>. It is usually translated "I, who come from abroad, (am) a warrior", but <baijaR> = *baijaz is a hapax legomenon if analysed as a Germanic word. It might, however, be a loan from Celtic (meaning "warrior", as above), or even an ethnonym: "I, a foreigner in this country, am Boian"). The possibility that Boiorix is a Germanic name (*baija-ri:k- 'king of warriors') is therefore real, but both elements seem to be originally Celtic.

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Woodson

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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 5:16 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Rix

Piotr,

Thanks. Yes, I should have mentioned the Boii, just forgot until it was too late. But that's what I'm asking, is there any other possibility from Germanic. I think that you've answered my question ( I'm no linguist...by a long shot). No. But the rix/riks thing has always bothered me. Since it is a loan from Celtic, and I have read that before, were Celtic claims for the Cimbri based on this ending alone. If not, since they spent time in the land of the Boii, maybe the names were adopted from the more culturally advanced Boii.