𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Alternative forms

• 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 (faurþizē)

Etymology

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-) +‎ 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 (þizei)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrθiziː/

Conjunction

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 • (faurþizei)

1. before
   • Matthew 6:8:

     𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌸 𐌽𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼; 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌿𐌸, 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     ni galeikōþ nu þaim; wait auk atta izwar þizei jus þaurbuþ, faurþizei jus bidjaiþ ina.

     Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. (KJV)

   • Luke 2:26:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌹𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿, 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐍃𐌴𐍈𐌹 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃.

     jah was imma gataihan fram ahmin þamma weihin ni saiƕan dauþu, faurþizē sēƕi xristu fraujins.

     And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. (KJV)

   • John 8:58:

     𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃: 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹, 𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌺.

     qaþ im iēsus: amēn amēn qiþa izwis: faurþizei abraham waurþi, im ik.

     Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 34