𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *wēaną (“to blow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.an/

𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 • (waian)

1. to blow (to produce an air current, of wind)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.25:[1]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍉𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     jah atiddja dalaþ rign jah qēmun aƕōs jah waiwōun windōs jah bistugqun bi þamma razna jainamma, jah ni gadraus, untē gasuliþ was ana staina.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.27:[2]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍈𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍉𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌵𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃.

     jah atiddja dalaþ rign jah qēmun aƕōs jah waiwōun windōs jah bistugqun bi jainamma razna, jah gadraus, jah was drus is mikils.

     And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.18:[3]

     𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃.

     iþ marei winda mikilamma waiandin urraisida was.

     And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. (KJV).

• 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”)

• 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (bistigqan, “beat”)
• 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 164