𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴

Gothic

FWOTD – 27 January 2020

Etymology

𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +‎ 𐍈𐌴 (ƕē)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈʍeː/

Adverb

𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 • (biƕē)

1. whereby, how?
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:18:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌶𐌰𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌿: 𐌱𐌹𐍈𐌴 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰? 𐌹𐌺 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌼 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼.

     jah qaþ zakarias du þamma aggilau: biƕē kunnum þata? ik raihtis im sineigs, jah qēns meina framaldrōzei in dagam seinaim.

     And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. (KJV)

Further reading

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