Re: Cyninglic (was: RE: Runes (was: Re: RV: Old English))
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 31, 2000, 10:53 |
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At 03:40 31.3.2000 +0100, And Rosta wrote:
>What would modern English reflexes of _Cyninglic_ and _Þéodenlic_
>be? Is _king_ regularly from _cyning_, so _Kingly_ (boringly), or
>might we instead have something like _Kinningly_?
Reasonably regular, just as Old Scandinavian _konungr_ becomes _kung_ or
_kong(e)_.
Nobody knows how old the shortened forms are, since they might well have
existed without being used in the formal context of writing.
Since _þeow_ becomes _thief_ i guess _þéodenlic_ would be _thied_.
/BP
B.Philip Jonsson <mailto:bpj@...>bpj@netg.se
<mailto:melroch@...>melroch@my-deja.com
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