*gulþa-skyþus would be Gothic for "Golden
Scythian". <golthe-> is not garbled at all; the tendency to lower *u to
[o] if there was originally a low vowel in the next syllable is common in
Germanic (cf. "Goth" : <gut->, Eng. gold <
*gulþa-).
Piotr
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Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Vanir
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' :).
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