Žiemgalos vardas skandinavų runomis
<p><strong>THE NAME OF </strong><strong><em>SEMIGALLIA </em></strong><strong>IN OLD SCANDINAVIAN RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS</strong></p> <p><em>Summary</em></p> <p>There is two rune stones in eastern Middle Sweden, in...
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Vilnius University
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Baltistica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/276 |
| Summary: | <p><strong>THE NAME OF </strong><strong><em>SEMIGALLIA </em></strong><strong>IN OLD SCANDINAVIAN RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS</strong></p> <p><em>Summary</em></p> <p>There is two rune stones in eastern Middle Sweden, in which the name <em>Semigallia </em>(simkala) is inscripted. They are known as <em>Mervalla stone </em>and <em>Gökstone.</em></p> <p>So far in Lithuanian linguistic literature we have an evidently wrong interpretation of the Swedish place-names mentioned. The contents of the inscription of the <em>Gökstone </em>is comprehended mistakenly as well. It might be as follows: <strong>„Roar, </strong><strong>son of Gume, put up this stone for Audar, Slode's father, and for his own father. He <em>[distributed] </em>gold in <em>Sem[igallia]”.</em></strong><em> </em>In this stone, however, there are only three runes (by the way, <em>msi- </em>instead of<em> sim-), </em>which are considered to be the beginning of the name Semigallia. Thus because of the lack of the whole word such a consideration is rather doubtful.</p> <p>Besides, there is also a box of the so-called Sigtuna scales with an inscription, informing us that <strong>„Djavr got these scales from a man who is from Samland”</strong> (or <em>„Semgallen“; </em>in runes <em>af simskun </em><em>mani).</em></p> <p>We are not sure about the phonetical value of the root <em>sim- </em>because the rune <em>i </em>might mean not only the diphthongs <em>ei </em>or <em>ai </em>but (more frequently) the vowels <em>i</em>, <em>e.</em></p> <p>In Swedish linguistic literature the word <em>Semgallen </em>is thought to mean „the low land”. Nevertheless, according to the baltists the etymology of this word might be „the northern land” or „the land to the North”.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 0132-6503 2345-0045 |