𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burþį̄.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrθiː/

Noun

𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹 • (baurþei) f

1. burden
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Galatians 6:5:

     𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌸.

     ƕarjizuh auk swēsa baurþein bairiþ.

     For every man shall bear his own burden. (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹 baurþei	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 baurþeins
Vocative	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹 baurþei	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 baurþeins
Accusative	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 baurþein	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 baurþeins
Genitive	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 baurþeins	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 baurþeinō
Dative	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 baurþein	𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌼 baurþeim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 18