𐌿𐌽𐌳

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *und (“until”).

Preposition

𐌿𐌽𐌳 • (und)

1. (+accusative) unto, until, up to
   • Matthew 27:8:

     𐌳𐌿𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲.

     duþþē haitans warþ akrs jains akrs blōþis und hina dag.

     Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

2. (+dative) for
   • Matthew 5:38:

     𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐍃𐍄: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌿.

     hausidēduþ þatei qiþan ist: augō und augin jah tunþu und tunþau.

     Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

Derived terms

• 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (undgreipan)
• 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (undrēdan)
• 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (undrinnan)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 156