𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ) +‎ *𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 (*skaunei), from Proto-Germanic *skaunį̄ (“beauty”).

Noun

𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 • (gudaskaunei) f

1. form of God, image of God
   • Philippians 2:6:

     𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌰 𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌽𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰,

     saei in gudaskaunein wisands ni wulwa rahnida wisan sik galeikō guda,

     Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 gudaskaunei	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gudaskauneins
Vocative	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 gudaskaunei	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gudaskauneins
Accusative	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 gudaskaunein	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gudaskauneins
Genitive	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gudaskauneins	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 gudaskauneinō
Dative	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 gudaskaunein	𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌼 gudaskauneim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 51