Re: [tied] Ardagast/Radogost

At 3:48:48 PM on Tuesday, April 1, 2003, george knysh wrote:

> Other attested names:

> ARDABUR (Two East Roman generals of "Gotho-Alanic" stock
> in the 5th c.) and ARDARIC (king of the Gepidae in the
> 450's, instigator of the general revolt against ther sons
> of Attila). If ARDA means nothing in Gothic (or Germanic)
> might it mean something in Alanic?

There's an <Ardaricus ispanus> 812 in what appears to be a
Catalonian source. I've seen a suggestion that the
prototheme is related to OE <eard> 'earth, land, cultivated
ground, native place', OS <ard> 'Boden, Gut, Heimat', ON
<örð> 'harvest'.

Brian