𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈaŋɡwiː/

Noun

𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 • (gaaggwei) f

1. enforcement
   • Skeireins I:

     𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐍉 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐌾𐌿 𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌷𐍃𐌽? […] 𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌿 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 ...

     nei auk þuhtēdi þau in garaihteins gaaggwein ufargaggan þō faura ju us anastōdeinai garaidōn garēhsn? […] iþ in þizei nu witōdis gaaggwei ni þatain gawandeins ...

     For then would He not have seemed in the enforcement of righteousness to violate the plan already preordained from the beginning? […] But because the enforcement of the law…not only conversion (Bennett)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 gaaggwei	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gaaggweins
Vocative	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 gaaggwei	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gaaggweins
Accusative	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 gaaggwein	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gaaggweins
Genitive	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 gaaggweins	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 gaaggweinō
Dative	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 gaaggwein	𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌼 gaaggweim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 40