𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, derived from *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Cognates include Old English hund, Old Norse hundr and Old High German hunt, and Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), which it translates (along with derived κυνάριον (kunárion, “little dog”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhunds/

𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 • (hunds) m

1. dog (animal)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 16.21:[1]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍉 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐌰𐍆 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃.

     jah gairnida saþ itan drauhsnō þizō driusandeinō af biuda þis gabeigins, akei jah hundōs atrinnandans bilaigōdēdun banjōs is.

     And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 7.28:[2]

     𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍉𐍆 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍉 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐍆 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍉𐌼 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌴.

     iþ si andhōf imma jah qaþ du imma: jai frauja; jah auk hundōs undarō biuda matjand af drauhsnōm barnē.

     And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Epistle to the Philippians (Codex Ambrosianus A & B) 3.2:[3]

     𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽.

     saiƕiþ þans hundans, saiƕiþ þans ubilans waurstwjans, saiƕiþ þō gamaitanōn.

     Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. (KJV).

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “H108. *hunds”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 195
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 61