Re: Torsten's theory reviewed

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

>
> 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)'.

Thanks, nice to know.
What is the received interpretation of the two elements of Arogi:s?


Torsten