Zur Runeninschrift auf dem Goldhorn B von Gallehus

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ID21294321
AuthorsRobert Nedoma (0000-0003-3713-8911, Universität Wien Institut für Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Abteilung Skandinavistik Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien Österreich, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume144
Issue2
Pages188-213
Publication date2022-06-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBeiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur (PBB) (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0005-8076 • E-ISSN: 1865-9373
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/bgsl-2022-0014
OpenAlexW4280642121
LanguageDE
Citations received3
References cited22

The gold horn B from Gallehus, datable to about AD 400, bears the following runic legend: ek, Hlewagastiz Holtijaz, horna tawidō ›I, H. H., made the horn‹. The Proto-Nordic weak verb taujan * – a causative ›to make sth. being added together, add together‹ → ›to make, produce‹ – is unlikely to have had a dedicatory meaning. The nominative endings in Hlewagast-iz and Holt-ijaz indicate that the language of the inscription is Proto-Nordic ( urnordisch ), seeing that the regular endings in WGmc. would be * -i , -ija and in EGmc -s , * -īs . The first element of Hlewagastiz appears to be related to OIcel . hlé n. ›lee, shelter‹ rather than to an otherwise unrecorded Germanic counterpart to Gk. κλέ(ϝ)ος ›fame‹. The second anthroponym, Holtijaz , is unlikely to be a patronymic ›son of * Holtǣ ‹, for * Holt(a)nijaz would be the form to be expected here. From a morphophonological point of view, Holtijaz may be a byname denoting place of origin (either ›of the wood‹ or ›from Holt‹), but there is no earlier evidence available in support of such a formation. More probably, we are dealing with the second constituent of a double name PNord. Hlewagastiz Holtijaz with parallels, for example, in Early Gmc. Harigasti Teiwǣ , Ostrogoth. Gunthigis Baza and West Franc. Berthchramnus Waldo

Art · French horn · Infinitive · Legend · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Nominative case · Parallels · Verb · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Psychology

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