𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰
Gothic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *maþô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- maggot (larva that eats decomposing organic matter)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 9.44 & 46:[1]
- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍉𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌽𐌹𐌸.
- þarei maþa izē ni gaswiltiþ jah fōn ni afƕapniþ.
- Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (KJV).
- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍉𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌽𐌹𐌸.
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 9.48:[2]
- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌽𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍉𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌽𐌹𐌸.
- þarei maþa izē ni gadauþniþ jah fōn ni afƕapniþ.
- Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (KJV).
- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌽𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍉𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌽𐌹𐌸.
Declension edit
The word is only attested in the nominative singular, which is not enough to determine whether it is a masculine an-stem or feminine ō-stem. Most dictionaries reconstruct a masculine an-stem based on the word's Germanic cognates.
Coordinate terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mark chapter 9 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
- ^ Mark chapter 9 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 92
Further reading edit
- Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “M36. maþa”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 247