𐌱𐌹

See also: 𐌱𐌹-

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bi. See also 𐌱𐌹- (bi-).

Preposition

𐌱𐌹 • (bi)

1. (+accusative or dative) near, at (a place)
2. (+accusative or dative) at (a point in time)
3. (+accusative) about (concerning someone or something)
   • Gothic Bible, Matthew 11:7:

     𐌰𐍄 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼, 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌱𐌹 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌽: 𐍈𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽? 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰𐍄𐌰?

     at þaim þan afgaggandam, dugann iēsus qiþan þaim manageim bi iōhannēn: ƕa usiddjēduþ ana auþida saiƕan? raus fram winda wagidata?

     And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Usage notes

The marginal glosses known as the Gotica Veronensia (in the Latin-language manuscript Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare LI (49) containing Arian Christian texts) attest a usage with the nominative, likely an error: bi hōrōs jah motārjōs. (Elsewhere in those same glosses it is used with the accusative.)