Mōtung:Georgiaware
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[adiht fruman]Brūcend:Hogweard How will be simply "Georgians" in Old English? Jaqeli (mōtung) 21:02, 21 Blōtmōnaþ 2015 (UTC)
- That is a good question to which there is no simple answer. Several nations have a simple, distinctive form, such as Engle ("English"), Dene ("Danes"), Pulgare ("Bulgarians"), even ylve ("elves"), with no recorded singular form. In these cases the dative is to replace the "'e" with "-um" and the genitive with "-a". Others have the regular musculine plural with '-as', as in Francas, Gotas, Finnas and swa forþ. These all star with the name of the tribe or nation though.
- Otherwise one may use a suffix -þēod or -folc (both singular) or -ware (plural). I frequently mix them around even in the same article, to match the eclectic manner of Englisc usage.
- King Alfred's Orosius refers to the nation east of the Don known in Latin as the 'Albani' and says they are known in Englisc as the Liubene: I suspect this is an error and the Caucasian Albania may be confused with the Illyrican Albania.
(mōtung) 12:21, 22 Blōtmōnaþ 2015 (UTC)
- Brūcend:Hogweard So "Georgians" in plural would probably be what? Georgiscas? Jaqeli
(mōtung) 20:17, 22 Blōtmōnaþ 2015 (UTC)
- Perhaps 'Georgiaware'. (-isc is an adjective ending and if used as a noun it still behaves as an adjective, but Englisc is people-centred: the nation has a name before it has an adjective.) Hogweard
(mōtung) 13:28, 23 Blōtmōnaþ 2015 (UTC)