𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiː.ʍoː/

Noun

𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 • (þeiƕō) f

2. thunder (sound caused by lightning)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 12.29:

     𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹, 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽; 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰.

     managei þan sei stōþ gahasjandei, qēþun þeiƕōn wairþan; sumaih qēþun: aggilus du imma rōdida.

     The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 3.17:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌰𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌶𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐍃𐍄: 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽𐍃;

     jah iakōbau þamma zaibaidaiaus jah iōhannē brōþr iakōbaus jah gasatida im namna bauanairgais, þatei ist: sunjus þeiƕōns;

     And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: (KJV).

Declension

Feminine ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 þeiƕō	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽𐍃 þeiƕōns
Vocative	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉 þeiƕō	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽𐍃 þeiƕōns
Accusative	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽 þeiƕōn	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽𐍃 þeiƕōns
Genitive	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽𐍃 þeiƕōns	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽𐍉 þeiƕōnō
Dative	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌽 þeiƕōn	𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍈𐍉𐌼 þeiƕōm

Coordinate terms

• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni, “lightning”)
• 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌼𐌰 (milhma, “cloud”)
• 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign, “rain”)
• 𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (snaiws, “snow”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐍃 (wis, “calm”)

See also

• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lauhatjan, “to lighten, flash with lightning”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 148