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Re: CHAT of oghams & runes (was Celtic alphabet? )

From:daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 10, 2002, 20:22
Andreas Johansson:

> Ray: > > 2. The Old Germanic runes were divided into four > > 'rows of eight' (ættir);
> That should be three _ættir_ - there were only 24 runes!
> > *Arntz assumes that _ætt_ [the first letter is 'ash'], > > which originally meant "eight", was understood as _ætt_ > > meaning "family" and was thus reproduced by the Irish > > word of similar meaning.
> In modern Swedish litterature the word used is _ätter_, > which is certainly interpreted as "families" by the casual > reader.
Um. I haven't followed this thread, so I'm not quite sure what you're talking about, but _ætt_ (fem.pl. _ættir_) surely means 'family, dynasty'. Always has afaik. "Eight" is _átta_ with an |á|, not an |æ|. Sorry if I don't understand what you're trying to say. ||| daniel -- danielandreasson @ swipnet.se | http://home.swipnet.se/escape