𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹

From Proto-Germanic *þūsundī. Cognate to Old English þūsend and Old Norse þúsund.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuː.sun.di/

𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 • (þūsundi) f

1. thousand
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Book of Nehemiah (Codex Ambrosianus D) 7.42:[1]

     𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 ·𐌹· ·𐌶· (1017). —

     sunjus iareimis þusundi ·i· ·z· (1017). —

     The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 9.14:[2]

     𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴. 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌺𐌿𐌱𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃.

     wēsun auk swē fimf þusundjōs wairē. qaþ þan du sipōnjam seinaim: gawaurkeiþ im anakumbjan kubituns, ana ƕarjanōh fimf tiguns.

     For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 8.9:[3]

     𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 𐌹𐌽𐍃.

     wēsunuþ-þan þai matjandans swē fidwōr þusundjōs; jah fralailōt ins.

     And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. (KJV)

This number is a noun; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

A variant spelling 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌿𐍃 (þūsundjūs) is attested for 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (þūsundjōs).

• 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 (þūsundifaþs, “chiliarch”)
• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (taihun þūsundjōs, “ten thousand”)
• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉 (twai tigjus þūsundjō, “twenty thousand”)
• 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (twōs þūsundjōs, “two thousand”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (fimf þūsundjōs, “five thousand”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (fidwōr þūsundjōs, “four thousand”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “Þ61. þusundi”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 367–369
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 151