𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

The second element of the compound is 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei, “boldness”). The first element is closely related to Icelandic þrasa (“to quarrel, to bicker”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 • (þrasabalþei) f

1. contentiousness
   • Skeireins 5:3:

     𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌰𐌸: "𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸, 𐍃𐍅𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸", 𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌹.

     anduh þana laist skeiris brukjands waurdis qaþ: "swaswē auk atta urraiseiþ dauþans jah liban gataujiþ, swa jah sunus þanzei wili liban gataujiþ", ei swēsamma wiljin jah swēsai mahtai galeikōnds þamma faurþis gaqiujandin dauþans, gahaitands þizē ungalaubjandanē þrasabalþein andbeitands gasōki.

     ...and to that purpose using clear expression, he said: For as the Father raises the dead and makes them to live, so also the Son makes those whom he will to live. Declaring that by his own will and his own power he was imitating him who earlier had quickened the dead. Reproving the contentiousness of the unbelievers... (Marchand's translation)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 þrasabalþei	—
Vocative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 þrasabalþei	—
Accusative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 þrasabalþein	—
Genitive	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þrasabalþeins	—
Dative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 þrasabalþein	—

Further reading

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