09-02-2015, 10:21 PM
> "Old Norse balkr means "storm" which is not Indo European root *bal - "strong".
It seems to be loaned to Gaelic as bailc "storm" , but is not known in Fr or Brythonic.
It appears as Bhealtuinn bailceach
" Beltane (May). floods", in the way that milk, cheese, lambs and deer are Bhealtuinn products."
Bel "bright fire" as Bealtaine , or "fixed in May " as Bhealtuinn ( Armstrong 1825) is the Beltane ceremony of Scotland and Ireland.
Vikings held the Orkneys, Dublin and London and ON balkr "storm" seems to be a Gaelic borrowing.
Baal the Semitic deity is explained already.
He is not Bhel but my question is about the attachment of the word "bhailceach" which is glossed as "floods, seasonal showers" at the time of Beltane.
In particular, is it likely that Marseilles Baal culture reached North sea pirates who were focussed on the sea-and-river trade route?
It seems to be loaned to Gaelic as bailc "storm" , but is not known in Fr or Brythonic.
It appears as Bhealtuinn bailceach
" Beltane (May). floods", in the way that milk, cheese, lambs and deer are Bhealtuinn products."
Bel "bright fire" as Bealtaine , or "fixed in May " as Bhealtuinn ( Armstrong 1825) is the Beltane ceremony of Scotland and Ireland.
Vikings held the Orkneys, Dublin and London and ON balkr "storm" seems to be a Gaelic borrowing.
Baal the Semitic deity is explained already.
He is not Bhel but my question is about the attachment of the word "bhailceach" which is glossed as "floods, seasonal showers" at the time of Beltane.
In particular, is it likely that Marseilles Baal culture reached North sea pirates who were focussed on the sea-and-river trade route?
