From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 41057
Date: 2005-10-05
Well, I woke up in the middle of the night and made a note to post
here about the following:
The Alaisiagae (goddesses mentioned at Hadrian's Wall) are listed as:
Beda and Fimmilena, Boudihillia and Friagabis. This is what I have
gathered about their names from a few texts and websites:
My understanding is that the name Beda is of Frisian origin and
related to the Anglo-Saxon verb biddan, "to ask, to command". I have
also heard the Frisians called a convenied Thing a Bod-Thing.
The name Fimmilena seems to be related to the Frisian legal term
Fimelthing. The exact meaning of this term is uncertain, but it has
been interpreted as "moveable assembly" and elsewhere as "final
judgement" - though I do not understand the etymology of either
interpretation.
The first element of Baudihillia seems to be related to Germanic
*badwa-, meaning 'battle'.
If anyone could confirm or clarify these it would be great!
Lastly, the part that woke me up:
Friagabis is interpreted as meaning something akin to 'giver of
freedom' or 'the free giver'.
I am not sure how this is derived precisely but I found similar terms
such as:
Proto-GMC frijas = free
Gothic freis = free
Gothic frijei = freedom
Proto-Gmc gibtiz = gift
Gothic giban = give
Gothic giba = gift
OHG geba = gift
If one looks closely, they will see apparent similarities to Frea
(mentioned in the 8th century by Langobard historian Paulus Diaconus
as a name for Frigg) and also Frija (who is mentioned in the 10th
century Second Merseburg Charm and again considered to be another
name for Frigg).
Would Friagabis and Frea - Frija - Frigg(a) be linguistically
related??
As always, I am indebted to any help you can provide!
Sincerely,
Aydan
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