𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉

Gothic

FWOTD – 8 January 2024

Etymology

Related to Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrin.noː/

Noun

𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 • (brinnō) f

1. fever

   Synonym: 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍉 (heitō)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 4:38:

     𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐍅𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍉𐌲𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌹𐍃. 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐍉.

     usstandands þan us þizai swnagōgai galaiþ in gard seimōnis. swaihrō þan þis seimōnis was anahabaida brinnōn mikilai, jah bēdun ina bi þō.

     And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 4:39:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌹𐌾𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌺 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 𐌹𐌾𐌰. 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼.

     jah atstandands ufar ija gasōk þizai brinnōn, jah aflailōt ija. sunsaiw þan usstandandei andbahtida im.

     And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.(KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 1:30:

     𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌻𐌰𐌲 𐌹𐌽 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽: 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌹𐌾𐌰.

     iþ swaihrō seimōnis lag in brinnōn: jah suns qēþun imma bi ija.

     But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 1:31:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐍉 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 𐌸𐍉 𐍃𐍉 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼.

     jah duatgaggands urraisida þō undgreipands handu izōs, jah aflailōt þō sō brinnō suns, jah andbahtida im.

     And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. (KJV)

Declension

Feminine ōn-stem

	singular	plural
nominative	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 brinnō	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 brinnōns
vocative	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉 brinnō	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 brinnōns
accusative	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽 brinnōn	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 brinnōns
genitive	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 brinnōns	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍉 brinnōnō
dative	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌽 brinnōn	𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐍉𐌼 brinnōm

Related terms

• 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (brinnan, “to burn”)