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The Christians Saba & Sansalas have been captured by pagans: "Finally Atharidus...ordered [Saba] to be put to death. Those appointed to perform this lawless act left the presbyter Sansalas in bonds & took hold of Saba & led him away to drown him in the river...But the blessed Saba, remembering the in junction of the Lord & loving his neighbour as himself, said, 'What has the presbyter done wrong that he does not...
Mar 29, 2015 12:50AM
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"Ni manna mag twaim frauyam skalkinon"

the volume finishes with extracts from the Gothic translation of the New Testament and in places the ancient Gothic and the modern Germanic don't seem that far apart
Apr 05, 2015 06:16AM
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"Gothic offers no word for alabaster, mustard, olive oil & scorpion, but does produce equivalents for denarius, blasphemy, sponge & tax-collector, & provides both Greek transliterations & vernacular words for demons & the devil"
Apr 03, 2015 12:11PM
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