Re: Scandinavia and the Germanic tribes such as Goths, Vandals, Angl

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>

> >>> Not to mention also <ge:stende> for <y:stende> (in
> >>> Bosworth-Toller; meaning not given),
>
> >> Looks like the pres. part. of <y:stan> 'to storm, to
> >> rage'.
>
> > Yeah, I thought so too, only <y:stan> comes from *u:stjan
> > (< *unstjan) related to <y:st> "storm, tempest,
> > hurricane", like OHG <unst> "storm, gale, whirlwind". One
> > would not expect the diphthong <i:e(st-)> from this [...]
>
> Napier took it to be an error for <estende> /e:stende/, with
> Kentish /e:/ for /y:/. Apparently there are two closely
> related mss., probably copied from a common source, one of
> which has <gestende>, the other, <ystende>.
>
> Brian
>

Maybe it's *ge-e:stende, Kentish for *ge-y:stende.

Andrew