𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉

Gothic

Alternative forms

• 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 (uftō) (attested once, may be a misspelling)

Etymology

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Adverb

𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 • (auftō)

1. perhaps (indicates a lack of certainty)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 20:13:

     𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹𐍃: 𐍈𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌿? 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽; 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳.

     qaþ þan sa frauja þis weinagardis: ƕa taujau? sandja sunu meinana þana liuban; auftō þana gasaiƕandans aistand.

     Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. (KJV)

2. by chance, haply
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 14:29:

     𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉, 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽, 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰

     ibai auftō, biþē gasatidēdi grunduwaddju jah ni mahtēdi ustiuhan, allai þai gasaiƕandans duginnaina bilaikan ina

     Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 14