𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“yearling lamb”). Cognate with Old English weþer and Old Norse veðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.θrus/, /ˈwiθ.rus/

Noun

𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 • (wiþrus) m

1. (hapax) lamb (young sheep)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Ambrosianus E) 1.29, (quoted within Skeireins, leaf 1):

     […] 𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐍃𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍃.

     […] sai, sa ist wiþrus gudis, saei afnimiþ frawaurht þizōs manasēdais.

     […] Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world (KJV).

Usage notes

This word translates ἀμνός m (amnós, “lamb”). Another word for "lamb", 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb, “sheep, lamb”), translates ἀρήν m or f (arḗn, “lamb, sheep”).

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 wiþrus	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃 wiþrjus
Vocative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿 wiþrau	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃 wiþrjus
Accusative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿 wiþru	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 wiþruns
Genitive	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 wiþraus	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴 wiþriwē
Dative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿 wiþrau	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌼 wiþrum

Hypernyms

• 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb, “sheep, lamb”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 178