Re: Grimm shift as starting point of "Germanic"

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 54904
Date: 2008-03-09

On 2008-03-09 10:35, tgpedersen wrote:

> Or Bolesl/aw Krzywousty? (Beside the fact that Harald ended with an
> arrow up his butt).

Right; he was 'Wrymouth' (with a possible allusion to perjury). Another
Polish king was Wl/adys/aw L/okietek, whose nickname (OPol. l/oktek,
diminutive of 'ell') described his unimpressive height (as in the case
of Pépin le Bref).

Piotr