𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴

Gothic

Etymology

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Conjunction

𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 • (untē)

1. (temporal) until, as long as
   • Gothic Bible Matthew 5.26:

     𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌸𐌿𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍂𐍉 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌿.

     amēn qiþa þus ni usgaggis jainþrō untē usgibis þana ministan kintu.

     Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. (KJV)

2. (causal) because, for, as
   • Gothic Bible Mark 3.30:

     𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽: 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸.

     untē qēþun: ahman unhrainjana habaiþ.

     Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. (KJV)

Further reading

Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 160