πƒπ…πŒ°π‚πŒ΄

Gothic edit

Etymology edit

Possibly related to πƒπ…πŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒ½ (swaran). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb edit

πƒπ…πŒ°π‚πŒ΄ β€’ (swarΔ“)

  1. without a reason, in vain
    • Gothic Bible, Mark 7.7:
      𐌹𐌸 πƒπ…πŒ°π‚πŒ΄ 𐌼𐌹𐌺 πŒ±πŒ»π‰π„πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³, πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒΎπŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒ°πŒ½πƒ πŒ»πŒ°πŒΉπƒπŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πŒΉπŒ½πƒ, πŒ°πŒ½πŒ°πŒ±πŒΏπƒπŒ½πŒΉπŒ½πƒ 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴.
      iΓΎ swarΔ“ mik blōtand, laisjandans laiseinins, anabusnins mannΔ“.
      Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Further reading edit

Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p.Β 133