𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺

Gothic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Lehmann compares Old Norse hraukr (“cormorant”) and Old English ġehrūxl (“noise”) and derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ker- with a g-extension, with Ancient Greek κραυγή (kraugḗ, “cry”) deriving similarly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhruːk/

Noun

𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺 • (hrūk) ? (accusative singular)

1. (hapax) crow (cry of the rooster)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 26.75:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍃: 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌼 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌿𐍄 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍉𐍄 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰.

     jah gamunda paitrus waurdis iēsuis qiþanis du sis: þatei faur hanins hruk þrim sinþam afaikis mik. jah usgaggands ut gaigrōt baitraba.

     And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. (KJV).

     (literally, “ […] Before the cock's crow […] ”)

Declension

Only attested as an accusative singular form, which is not enough to determine the word's declension.

Derived terms

• 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrūkjan, “to crow”)

See also

• 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “rooster”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “H.99 hruk”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 192
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 60