𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 15 February 2021

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɔrms/

Noun

𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 • (waurms) m

2. snake, serpent (reptile)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 10.19:

     𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐍆 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌹𐌸.

     sai, atgaf izwis waldufni trudan ufarō waurmē jah skaurpjōnō jah ana allai mahtai fijandis, jah waihtē ainōhun izwis ni gaskaþjiþ.

     Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 16.18:

     𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌴 𐍈𐌰 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌽𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌹; 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌼.

     waurmans nimand, jah jabai ingibē ƕa digkaina, ni þauh im agljai; ana unhailans handuns uslagjand, jah waila wairþiþ im.

     They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Ambrosianus B) 11.3:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍉𐌷, 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍅𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹, 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐍆 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿.

     aþþan ōh, ibai auftō swaswē waurms aiwwan uslutōda filudeisein seinai, riurja wairþaina fraþja izwara af ainfalþein jah swiknein þizai in xristau.

     But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (KJV).

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 waurms	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍉𐍃 waurmōs
Vocative	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼 waurm	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍉𐍃 waurmōs
Accusative	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼 waurm	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 waurmans
Genitive	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌹𐍃 waurmis	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌴 waurmē
Dative	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌰 waurma	𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌼 waurmam

Hyponyms

• 𐌽𐌰𐌳𐍂𐍃 (nadrs, “adder, viper”)

See also

• 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 (skaurpjō, “scorpion”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 171