Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> From: "george knysh" <gknysh@...>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost
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>> *****GK: Understood. BTW I forgot to ask about the RADA component in
>> RADAGAISUS.*****
>
> I think it's Gmc. *raþ-/*rad- 'light, quick, easy'. The second
> element is of course *gaiza- 'spear'
>
> Piotr

Doesn't Tacitus call "spear" other way? I think now at the word used by
Tacitus: framee