Re: Old English and Old Norse

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

>
> At 6:34:25 PM on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, Andrew
> Jarrette wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Yeah, and as descendants of the *deik^- root, "tiginn" and
> > especially "tiggi" in their meaning of "king, noble, etc."
> > probably go back to an original sense "one who shows the
> > way, leader".
>
> <Tiginn> looks more like German <ausgezeichnet>.

I think you've hit upon it, bravo. I couldn't for the life of me
figure that one out, congrats.

>
> > I would also bet that these words occur only or chiefly in
> > poetry.
>
> True of <tiggi> ~ <tyggi>, according to Cleasby & Vigfússon.
>
> Brian
>

I think <tiggi>, assuming that's the original form, has the same
formation as OE <ridda> "horseman" from <ri:dan>, but with Verner's
shift of *h > *g.

Andrew