𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹

Gothic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”), derived from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew”). Cognates include Old English hīeg, Old Saxon houwi, Old High German hewe.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈha.wi/

Noun edit

𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 • (hawi) n

grass, hay
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Book of Daniel (Gothica Bononiensia, folio 2 verso) 4.33, (quoted within the Bologna sermon):
  ... 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 𐍃𐍅𐌴 [𐌰]𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰, 𐌾⟨𐌰⟩𐌷 ...
  ... jah matida hawi swē [a]uhsa, j⟨a⟩h ...
  ... and he ate grass as an ox, and ... (Brenton Septuagint Translation).
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 6.30:^[1]
  𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐍃𐍅𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌹𐌸, 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃?
  jah þandē þata hawi haiþjōs himma daga wisandō jah gistradagis in auhn galagiþ guþ swa wasjiþ, ƕaiwa mais izwis leitil galaubjandans?
  Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (KJV).
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.10:^[2]
  𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽. 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰. 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍉𐍃 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃.
  iþ iēsus qaþ: waurkeiþ þans mans anakumbjan. wasuh þan hawi manag ana þamma stada. þaruh anakumbidēdun wairōs raþjōn swaswē fimf þusundjōs.
  And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. (KJV).

Declension edit

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 hawi	—
Vocative	𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 hawi	—
Accusative	𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 hawi	—
Genitive	𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 haujis	—
Dative	𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 hauja	—

Hypernyms edit

𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras, “blade, herb”)

Coordinate terms edit

𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍀𐌹𐍃 (sināpis, “mustard”)

References edit

^ Matthew chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
^ John chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

Falluomini, Carla (2016). "Textausgabe des gotischen Codex Bononiensis" in: Auer, Anite & Michiel de Vaan. Le palimpseste gotique de Bologne Études philologiques et linguistiques / The Gothic Palimpsest from Bologna Philological and Linguistic Studies (Cahiers de l’ILSL, no 50), p. 11-20.
Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “H53. hawi”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 181
Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 56

[1] Matthew chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

[2] John chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

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