𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴

Gothic
FWOTD – 27 January 2020

Etymology

𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +β€Ž 𐍈𐌴 (Ζ•Δ“)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biˈʍeː/

Adverb

𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 β€’ (biΖ•Δ“)

  1. whereby, how?
    • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:18:
      𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌡𐌰𐌸 πŒΆπŒ°πŒΊπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒ°πƒ 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿: 𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌼 πŒΈπŒ°π„πŒ°? 𐌹𐌺 π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·π„πŒΉπƒ 𐌹𐌼 πƒπŒΉπŒ½πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ²πƒ, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ΅πŒ΄πŒ½πƒ 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 π†π‚πŒ°πŒΌπŒ°πŒ»πŒ³π‚π‰πŒΆπŒ΄πŒΉ 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼 πƒπŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πŒ°πŒΉπŒΌ.
      jah qaΓΎ zakarias du ΓΎamma aggilau: biΖ•Δ“ kunnum ΓΎata? ik raihtis im sineigs, jah qΔ“ns meina framaldrōzei in dagam seinaim.
      And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. (KJV)

Further reading
  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 20
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