[ANSTHRLD] Germanis Name Construction (?)
Teceangl
tierna at agora.rdrop.com
Mon Apr 1 01:03:27 PST 2002
> Is there a Herald among us who is particularly knowledgeable in Germanic
> grammar and construction?
No, but I can muddle.
> I have a request from one of my constituents for " Mathias der Starke ",
> or translated as Mathias, the Strong.
> A.) is this a proper format, and if so,
It is, at least for modern German. Bahlow dates Starke as a descriptor
for a person back to 1270. Looks acceptable as a byname, though the
uses in Bahlow were "der starke <name>"
> B.) does anyone know of a conflict?
None.
- Teceangl
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