At 4:24:33 AM on Thursday, September 23, 2010, Torsten
wrote:
[...]
> Another -gist for -gast
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_inscriptions
> 'Schretzheim case:
> arogisd / alaguþleuba : dedun
> ("Arogast / Alaguth [and] Leubo (Beloved) made it")'
(I realize that you're just quoting your source, but that
should obviously be <Leuba>, not <Leubo>.) That's one
possible interpretation, but there are others, even taking
<arogisd> as a single name or word. However, most of the
interpretations that I've seen divide it as <arogis d>. The
first element is then the dithematic masculine name <Arogi:s>
(Langob. <Arogis>, OHG <Arugis>), which is found as <arugis>
in the runic inscription on the disk fibula from Kirchheim
unter Teck, also in the south. The <d> can then be
interpreted as an abbreviation for <deda>, a usage found
elsewhere. The interpretation still depends on that of
<leuba>; one possibility is 'Arogis m(ade) (and) Alagu(n)th
(and) Leuba made (the gift)'.
Brian