𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lunaz.

Noun

𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 • (luns) m

1. ransom
   • Gothic Bible, Mark 10:45:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌵𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐍄 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼, 𐌰𐌺 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌿𐌽.

     jah auk sunus mans ni qam at andbahtjam, ak andbahtjan jah giban saiwala seina faur managans lun.

     For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (KJV)

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍃 luns	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍉𐍃 lunōs
Vocative	𐌻𐌿𐌽 lun	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐍉𐍃 lunōs
Accusative	𐌻𐌿𐌽 lun	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 lunans
Genitive	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃 lunis	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌴 lunē
Dative	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌰 luna	𐌻𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌼 lunam

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 87