𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼

Gothic

FWOTD – 13 May 2018

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *auraz (“earth, mud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrahjoːm/

Noun

𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 • (aurahjōm) f

1. tombs (dative plural)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 5:2–5:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽. 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌱𐌹 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐍆 𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐍉 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌼 𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌺, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼.

     jah usgaggandin imma us skipa suns gamōtida imma manna us aurahjōm in ahmin unhrainjamma, saei bauain habaida in aurahjōm: jah ni naudibandjōm eisarneinaim manna mahta ina gabindan. untē is ufta eisarnam bi fōtuns gabuganaim jah naudibandjōm eisarneinaim gabundans was jah galausida af sis þōs naudibandjōs jah þō ana fōtum eisarna gabrak, jah manna ni mahta ina gatamjan. jah sinteinō nahtam jah dagam in aurahjōm jah in fairgunjam was hrōpjands jah bliggwands sik stainam.

     And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

Inflection

It is not known whether this word is a feminine jō-stem with nominative singular *𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌹 (*aurahi) or a feminine ōn-stem with nominative singular *𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉 (*aurahjō). The attested dative plural form could point to either option.

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 15