𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

Corrected by some editors to 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (usstiggan) on the assumption that it comes from 𐌿𐍃- (us-) +‎ Proto-Germanic *stinganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /usˈstaŋɡan/

Verb

𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 • (usstaggan)

1. to pluck out
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 5:29:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍅𐍉 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌿𐌺, 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃; 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐍉 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌸𐌿𐍃 𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌴 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽.

     iþ jabai augō þein þata taihswō marzjai þuk, usstagg ita jah wairp af þus; batizō ist auk þus ei fraqistnai ains liþiwē þeinaizē, jah ni allata leik þein gadriusai in gaiainnan.

     And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. (KJV)

Conjugation

• Second-person singular imperative: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌲 (usstagg)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 128