𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈriːkiː/

Noun

𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 • (bireikei) f

1. danger, peril
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 2 Corinthians 11:26:

     𐍅𐍂𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌿𐌼 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐍈𐍉, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌿𐍃 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌼, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌼,

     wratōdum ufta, bireikeim aƕō, bireikeim waidēdjanē, bireikeim us kunja, bireikeim us þiudōm, bireikeim in baurg, bireikeim in auþidai, bireikeim in marein, bireikeim in galiugabrōþrum,

     In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 bireikei	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bireikeins
Vocative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 bireikei	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bireikeins
Accusative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽 bireikein	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bireikeins
Genitive	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 bireikeins	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 bireikeinō
Dative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽 bireikein	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌼 bireikeim

Related terms

• 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (bireikeis)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 20