Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost

From: João Simões Lopes Filho
Message: 20670
Date: 2003-04-02

OHG Ge:rberaht (Gerbert), Ge:rbald (Italian Garibaldi), Ge:rwalt (Gerald) OE
Ga:rwin, Ga:rwig (Garry, Gary), Ga:rweald (Gerald), ON Geirrödr

Joao SL
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost


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> Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ardagast/Radogost
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> > Doesn't Tacitus call "spear" other way? I think now at the word used by
> > Tacitus: framee
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> <framea>, to be precise. However, the generic word for 'spear' was *gaiza-
(OE ga:r, ON geirr), related to Celtic *gaiso- (hence Lat. gaesum and Gk.
gaison, both borrowed from Gaulish). It was a popular onomastic element.
There are numerous Germanic names with *-gaiza- (= Eng. -gar) as the second
component, and quite a few beginning with it.
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