𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 20 January 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. Cognates include Old English wǣġ, North Frisian waag, and Swedish våg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːɡs/, [ˈweːxs]

Noun

𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 • (wēgs) m

1. (in the singular) agitation of the sea

   Antonym: 𐍅𐌹𐍃 (wis)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 8.24:

     𐌳𐌿𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌼! 𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌺 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐍅𐌹𐍃.

     duatgaggands þan urraisidēdun ina qiþandans: talzjand, fraqistnam! iþ is urreisands gasōk winda jah þamma wēga watins; jah anaslawaidēdun jah warþ wis.

     And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. (KJV).

3. (in the plural) wave (moving disturbance, undulation)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 4.37:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌾𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰.

     jah warþ skura windis mikila jah wēgōs waltidēdun in skip, swaswē ita juþan gafullnōda.

     And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. (KJV).

Declension

This noun is irregular with an a-stem form (nominative plural), an i-stem forms (dative plural), and some that could be both (the singular forms). The accusative plural forms shown here are conjectural, as none are attested.

Masculine mixed i/a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍃 wēgs	𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍉𐍃 wēgōs
Vocative	*𐍅𐌴𐌲 *wēg	𐍅𐌴𐌲𐍉𐍃 wēgōs
Accusative	*𐍅𐌴𐌲 *wēg	*𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃, *𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 *wēgans, *wēgins
Genitive	*𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌹𐍃 *wēgis	*𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌴 *wēgē
Dative	𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌰 wēga	𐍅𐌴𐌲𐌹𐌼 wēgim

Holonyms

• 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei, “sea”)

See also

• 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 172