𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From *𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*wajamēreis) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei), from Proto-Germanic *wajamērijaz. The entire compound may be a calque of Ancient Greek δυσφημία (dusphēmía), which this word is used to translate.

Noun

𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 • (wajamērei) f

1. (hapax) bad reputation

   Antonym: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (wailamērei)

Declension

Only attested in the accusative (Corinthians II 6:8), other apparently related attestations instead belong to 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (wajamēreins). The form 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (wajamēreins) at John 10:33 (which must be genitive due to the preceding preposition, which takes the genitive) with the meaning "blasphemy" is often explained as a scribal error: a mix-up with the word 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (wajamēreins) which has a different genitive form (*wajamēreinais) but which typically translates the word βλασφημία (blasphēmía) present in the corresponding Greek passage and which would be expected in this location.

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 wajamērei	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 wajamēreins
Vocative	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 wajamērei	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 wajamēreins
Accusative	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 wajamērein	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 wajamēreins
Genitive	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 wajamēreins	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 wajamēreinō
Dative	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 wajamērein	𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌼 wajamēreim

Related terms

• 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (wajamēreins)
• 𐍅𐌰𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wajamērjan)