𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

Substantivized from the present participle of *𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*dagan, “to dawn”), which derives from Proto-Germanic *dagāną. Equivalent to *𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*dagan) +‎ -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-ands).

Noun

𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 • (dagands) m

1. (Christianity, epithet of God, hapax) day-bringer, dawn-bringer
   • 6th century, anonymous author, folio 2 verso (after Falluomini 2017), lines 11-12:

     ... 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀[𐌰] 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳 ...

     ... akei ni wilda galaubjan skap[a] jah dagand ...

     ... if I did not want to believe in the Creator and dawn-bringer ...

Declension

Masculine nd-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 dagands	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 dagands
Vocative	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳 dagand	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 dagands
Accusative	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳 dagand	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 dagands
Genitive	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 dagandis	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 dagandē
Dative	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳 dagand	𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 dagandam

Related terms

• 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”)

References

• Carla Falluomini, "Zum gotischen Fragment aus Bologna II: Berichtigungen und neue Lesungen", Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 146.3 (2017) pp. 284-294.