Re: Where does 'gyrda' come from?

From: David Dunham <david_at_7QLleNMdiu4mgXXg94U_-oEiF_XjBNFc6Tk91Y5ULJxKWRAc46Et7EpML2jBiHwq5v1Fdb>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:36:33 -0700


John

>I look forward to advice from the experts. :)

Maybe it's Anglo-Saxon for "yardlands"
<http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=charter&id=1403>

or "twigs"

<http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/germanic/oe_bright_glossary.html>

or maybe both

<http://books.google.com/books?id=YIALAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=gyrda+anglo-saxon&source=web&ots=a08EX6V4AH&sig=1SPrEmrhWAg8TefXieLLSCZk9jo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA167,M1>

(I'm not an expert, but I play one on the Internet)

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David Dunham
Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html

           

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