Re: [tied] Re: OE *picga

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 16527
Date: 2002-10-25

 
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From: Richard Wordingham
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: OE *picga
 
> Are there examples of the reverse phonation shift with Old English proper names, e.g. Brihtric > *Bridda?
There are at any rate many doublets like Coppa/Cobba, Occa/Ocga (< Oxa?), Tucca/Tucga, Dæcca/Dægga, Otta/Odda (< Ohta [Ohthere]). It is not always easy to see what they are pet-forms of. Suffice it to say that any Torhthelm or Torhtsige could become Tota/Totta, Beornfriþ > Beofa/Beoffa, and Ce:olswi:þ > Cille. King Sæ:beorht of Essex is known to have been called Saba or Sæba by his sons. One popular but totally obscure OE name is Dudda (plus derivatives like Duddel, Duduc, Dudding, female Dudde), occurring in lots of placenames and surnames (Dudley, Dodd, etc.).
 
Piotr