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Gothic balsagga*
Gothic balsagga*

Author(s): Magnús Snædal
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: etymology; Gothic; scribal error; neck.

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 18/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 153-159
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English