𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu, “property”) +‎ 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þreihan, “to press, force”), thus literally ‘money compulsion’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛhuθrɛːhna/

Noun

𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰 • (faihuþraihna) (both nominative singular form and gender uncertain; attested only in the dative singular)

1. Mammon (personification of avarice)
   • Luke 16:9–13:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰: 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌿𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍉𐍃 […] 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌿𐌸, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌸? […] 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰.

     jah ik izwis qiþa: taujaiþ izwis frijōnds us faihuþraihna inwindiþōs […] jabai nu in inwindamma faihuþraihna triggwai ni waurþuþ, þata sunjeinō ƕas izwis galaubeiþ? […] ni maguþ guda skalkinōn jah faihuþraihna.

     And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness […] If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? […] Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 31