𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉

Gothic

FWOTD – 11 July 2021

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scorpiō, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos), which the Gothic term translates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔrp.joː/

Noun

𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 • (skaurpjō) f

2. (hapax) scorpion (arachnid)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 10.19:

     𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐍆 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐌸.

     sai, atgaf izwis waldufni trudan ufarō waurmē jah skaurpjōnō jah ana allai mahtai fijandis, jah waihtē ainōhun izwis ni gaskaþjiþ.

     Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Feminine ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 skaurpjō	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 skaurpjōns
Vocative	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 skaurpjō	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 skaurpjōns
Accusative	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽 skaurpjōn	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 skaurpjōns
Genitive	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 skaurpjōns	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍉 skaurpjōnō
Dative	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽 skaurpjōn	𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌼 skaurpjōm

See also

• 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms, “snake, serpent”)

References

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 123