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  2. Gothic language - Wikipedia

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    The word order of Gothic is fairly free as is typical of other inflected languages. The natural word order of Gothic is assumed to have been like that of the other old Germanic languages; however, nearly all extant Gothic texts are translations of Greek originals and have been heavily influenced by Greek syntax.

  3. Vandalic language - Wikipedia

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    Vandalic is traditionally classified as an East Germanic language, [3]: 4 [4] while the reasons for this classification are mostly historical and not linguistical. [1]: 7 Due to the perception of Vandalic as an East Germanic language, its reconstruction from onomastics recorded by Greek and Roman sources relies on Gothic forms.

  4. Goths - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic War culminated in the Battle of Adrianople in 378, in which the Romans were badly defeated and Valens was killed. [175] [176] Following the decisive Gothic victory at Adrianople, Julius, the magister militum of the Eastern Roman Empire, organized a wholesale massacre of Goths in Asia Minor, Syria and other parts of the Roman East ...

  5. Gothic fiction - Wikipedia

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    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818) has come to define Gothic fiction in the Romantic period. Frontispiece to 1831 edition shown. Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.

  6. Origin of the Goths - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic language, known from their bible translation and fragmentary evidence, is the only clearly attested member of what modern linguists designate as the East Germanic language family, because it was already distinct from the two Germanic families that have survived today, West Germanic and North Germanic, which were originally ...

  7. Gothic verbs - Wikipedia

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    Gothic verbs have the most complex conjugation of any attested Germanic language.Most categories reconstructed for the Proto-Germanic verb system are preserved in Gothic. . Knowledge of the Proto-Germanic verb is itself to a large degree based on Gothic, meaning that its reconstruction may be fragmen

  8. 12 Words and Phrases Used By the World’s Wealthiest People

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    AVI stock/istockphotoWhen you’re part of an elite club (like being ultra-rich), certain words and phrases take on a whole new meaning. These code words, which relate to exclusive lifestyles ...

  9. Name of the Goths - Wikipedia

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    Though the etymology of the Gothic name connects to words for pouring, its actual meaning remains uncertain. [2] Various interpretations have been suggested: the pouring could refer to a river or a flooded homeland, the name could mean "people" in the sense of being "seed-spreaders" or "progenitors", or else refer to the name of an ancestor ...