Gothic balsagga*

• Authors: Magnús Snædal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Greek word τράχηλος ‘neck’ is, in the Gothic Bible translation, once translated with hals and once with balsagga*. The paper deals with the question of the latter form: Can it make sense if taken as it is or is it a scribal error for intended *halsagga

Keywords

EN

etymology; Gothic; scribal error; neck

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 153-159

Dates

online

2013-05-15

Contributors

author

Magnús Snædal

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20843836SE.13.010.0947