𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴

Gothic

Conjunction

𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴 • (miþþanē)

1. Misspelling of 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 (miþþanei, “while, as”).
   • Luke 2:43:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰, 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌼, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐍃.

     jah ustiuhandam þans dagans, miþþanē gawandidēdun sik aftra, gastōþ iēsus sa magus in iairusalēm, jah ni wissēdun iōsēf jah aiþei is.

     And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. (KJV)

Usage notes

The spelling 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 (miþþanei) occurs 21 times in the Gothic New Testament, while this spelling occurs only once; this spelling is therefore probably a scribal error.

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 96