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Sköld and Rydving is not one of 200 or 300 years. It is the difference
between guesswork and a solid linguistic criterium that yields a reliable
terminus ante quem.
One could consider the question, whether it is reasonable that the name of
the thunder god was taken over in, say, the 14
th
century. That would seem
rather late for the name of a pagan Scandinavian god. Therefore, it is easier
to join Sköld in his opinion in his article, that the word was taken over
”during the Viking Age or during the Early Middle Age” (Sköld 1985:66).
Considering this possibility and the absolute time-limit ”before 1400” and
also considering the very southern distribution of the forms in
hovre(n)-,
linguistics support
Zachrisson’s dating of the Saami grave at Vivallen in
Härjedalen. And we are dealing with a linguistic argument that is very hard
to come around.
Abbreviations
Eng English
OSw Old Swedish
Fi
Finnish
PS
Proto-Saami
Ger
German
Saa
Saami
Hung Hungarian
SaaL Lule Saami
Ko
Komi
SaaN North Saami
Ma
Mari
SaaU Ume Saami
Md Mordvin
SoF Ume Saami forest variety
Mlm Ume Saami variety
of Sorsele
of Malmesjaure
ST
Ume Saami variety
Msk Ume Saami variety
of Southern Tärna
of Maskaure
Udm Udmurt
ON Old Norse
Vfs
South Saami variety of Vefsen
Literature
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Bergsland, Knut – Mattsson Magga, Lajla 1993: Åarjelsaemien–daaroen baa-
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Calleberg, C. Axel: Uppteckningar på lapska (Malå, Malmesjaur, Maskaure,
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