𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴

Gothic

Alternative forms

• 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 (biþēh)

Etymology

From 𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +‎ 𐌸𐌴 (þē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈθeː/

Adverb

𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 • (biþē)

1. later, afterward
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 17:8:

     𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌴𐌹 𐍈𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌿

     manwei ƕa du naht matjau jah bigaurdans andbahtei mis, untē matja jah drigka, jah biþē gamatjis jah gadrigkais þu

     Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink (KJV)

Conjunction

𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 • (biþē)

1. when, as
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 7:1:

     𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌸𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌺𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌼.

     biþē þan usfullida alla þō waurda seina in hliumans manageins, galaiþ in kafarnaum.

     Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 2:15a:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸, 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐍃

     jah warþ, biþē is anakumbida in garda is, jah managai mōtarjōs jah frawaurhtai miþanakumbidēdun iēsua jah sipōnjam is

     And it came to pass, that, as [he] sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples (KJV)

2. as soon as
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Philippians 2:23:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌽𐌿 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰 𐍈𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐍃𐍄, 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃.

     þanuh nu wēnja sandjan, biþē gasaiƕa ƕa bi mik ist, suns.

     Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 21