There is a large article in Swiss Idiotikon You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. which suggests (if I understand correctly) that "gans" and "geis" were used interchangeably for goose. For (unambigous) goat there's the article "geiss": You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
However, one would expect consistency from a scribe in adjacent words of his narrative, so if he uses "gens" and "gais" adjacently, chances are that different things are meant.
Maybe some unit or measure? Like "two bottles of water". Although geese would hardly be counted in any other way than plain number.
Koen, haven't you tried asking ChatGPT about possible relation of goats to geese?
However, one would expect consistency from a scribe in adjacent words of his narrative, so if he uses "gens" and "gais" adjacently, chances are that different things are meant.
(10-05-2023, 04:45 PM)Bernd wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I still have zero idea what gaismich or gaisiunge might mean.
Maybe some unit or measure? Like "two bottles of water". Although geese would hardly be counted in any other way than plain number.
Koen, haven't you tried asking ChatGPT about possible relation of goats to geese?