𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą n (“encasing”). Cognate with Old English fōdor (“scabbard”) and Old Norse fóðr (“lining, holster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːdr/, [ˈfoːðr]

Noun

𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 • (fōdr) ? (accusative singular)

2. (hapax) scabbard
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 18.11:

     𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿: 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂. 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍆 𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰, 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰?

     þaruh qaþ iēsus du paitrau: lagei þana hairu in fōdr. stikl þanei gaf mis atta, niu drigkau þana?

     Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? (KJV)

Declension

The gender and declension of this word is not apparent from its single attestation. It can, synchronically speaking, have been either an a-stem, i-stem or consonant stem. The other Germanic languages support it being a neuter a-stem.

Coordinate terms

• 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “bag, sack”)
• 𐍀𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (puggs, “pouch”)

See also

• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus, “sword”)
• 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis, “shortsword”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F65. fodr”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 120
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 36