𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 20 March 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurdz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔːrds/

Noun

𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 • (spaurds) f

1. race, racecourse, racetrack
   • Gothic Bible, Corinthians I 9.24:

     𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳, 𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽? 𐍃𐍅𐌰 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸, 𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸.

     niu wituþ þatei þai in spaurd rinnandans allai rinnand, iþ ains nimiþ sigislaun? swa rinnaiþ, ei garinnaiþ.

     Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. (KJV)

2. stade, furlong
   • Gothic Bible, John 6.19:

     𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴 ·𐌺· 𐌾𐌰𐌷 ·𐌴· 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 ·𐌻· 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍉𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐍃.

     þaruh farjandans swē spaurdē ·k· jah ·ē· aiþþau ·l· gasaiƕand iēsu gaggandan ana marein jah nēƕa skipa qimandan jah ōhtēdun sis.

     So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. (KJV)

Declension

The attested dative plural, 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹𐌼 (spaurdim), is irregular compared to that of other consonant stems; *𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌼 (*spaurdum) is expected, but not attested. 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs) declines similarly.

Masculine/feminine consonant stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 spaurds	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 spaurds
Vocative	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 spaurd	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 spaurds
Accusative	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 spaurd	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 spaurds
Genitive	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 spaurds	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴 spaurdē
Dative	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 spaurd	𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹𐌼 spaurdim