𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳

From Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą of obscure formation. Akin in some way to Old English hundseofontiġ, Old Saxon antsiƀunta and Old High German sibunzo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.bun.teː.hund/, [ˈsi.βun.teː.hund]

𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 • (sibuntēhund) n

1. seventy (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 10.1:[1]

     𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌴, 𐌸𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽.

     afaruþ-þan þata ustaiknida frauja jah anþarans sibuntēhund jah insandida ins twans ƕanzuh faura andwairþja seinamma in all baurgē jah stadē, þadei munaida is gaggan.

     After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 10.17:[2]

     𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐍆𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰.

     gawandidēdun þan sik þai sibuntēhund miþ fahēdai qiþandans: frauja, jah unhulþōns ufhausjand unsis in namin þeinamma.

     And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. (KJV)

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

This noun is morphologically singular, but agrees with adjectives and pronouns in the plural, in a way similar to 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 (fadrein).

• 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun, “seven”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “S48. sibun-tehund”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 301
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 119