𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴

Gothic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈsunjaneː/

Adverb

𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 • (bisunjanē)

1. round about
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 4:37:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃.

     jah usiddja mēriþa fram imma and allans stadins þis bisunjanē landis.

     And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. (KJV)

Further reading

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