From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 11597
Date: 2001-11-30
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From: george knysh [mailto:gknysh@...]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 5:30 AM
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Rosomoni (was[tied] Dirmar)
[[GK: What does it mean? The Norse sagas make her over
into "Swanhild" (approxim.) and this becomes "Lybed'"
(=swan)in Slavic adaptations]]Primary Chronicle's <LybedI> is of course of the same root *lyb- as *u-lyba 'a smile', u-*lybiti se, 'to smile' etc. A connection to *o'lbUndI 'swan' is folk-etymological.Sergei