𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹

Gothic

FWOTD – 12 March 2022

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθram.stiː/

Noun

𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 • (þramstei) f

1. (hapax) grasshopper, locust (insect)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 1.6:

     𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌸~𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌼 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌷𐌿𐍀 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺.

     wasuþ~þan iōhannēs gawasiþs taglam ulbandaus jah gairda filleina bi hup seinana jah matida þramsteins jah miliþ haiþiwisk.

     And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 þramstei	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins
Vocative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 þramstei	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins
Accusative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 þramstein	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins
Genitive	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 þramsteinō
Dative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 þramstein	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌼 þramsteim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 150