Re: [tied] Vanir

--- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

> *****GK: Yes, that's what I thought. I would guess
> that the earliest time frame for a borrowing would be
> ca. the 5th century. I also had a complex fall back
> position for an early 12th century borrowing. Frankly
> any time in between would be manageable, and the
> potential sources multiple (incl. the Gothic remnants
> in the Crimea).*****

If you mean the Gothic word was borrowed first with the meaning 'a
foreign people' (not some _specific_ foreign people), our points of
view absolutely coincide.

BTW What do you make of the

> "golthe" in "golthescytha"? Does that sound garbled to
> you? Would it have any meaning in Gothic? "cold"?
> or...? The Gothic on-line dictionary seems
> unavailable.*****
>

I'm an absolute dilettant in Germanistics. Probably Piotr could help
(he's a professional Anglicist, at least). To me it sounds like
'(having) golden shields' :).

Sergei