𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-) +‎ 𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (sniwan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈsniwan/

Verb

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 • (faursniwan)

1. to come beforehand
   • Mark 14:8:

     𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰; 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌿 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌳𐌿 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰.

     þatei habaida sō gatawida; faursnau salbōn mein leik du usfilha.

     She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. (KJV)

2. to go ahead (before someone else)
   • 1 Corinthians 11:21:

     […] 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌶𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄.

     […] seinamma faursniwiþ du matjan, jah þan sums grēdags sumzuþ-þan drugkans ist.

     [For in eating, each one] goes ahead with his own meal, and one is hungry and another is drunk. (RSV)

3. to go before
   • 1 Timothy 1:18:

     𐌸𐍉 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌰 𐌸𐌿𐍃, 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌻𐍉 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌿, 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌿𐌺 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌼, 𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍉 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸,

     þō anabusn anafilha þus, barnilō teimauþaiu, bi þaim faura faursniwandam ana þuk praufētjam, ei driugais in þaim þata gōdō drauhtiwitōþ,

     This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; (KJV)

Conjugation

Class 5 strong
Infinitive	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 faursniwan
Indicative	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰 faursniwa	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌿 faursnau	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌰 faursniwada
2nd singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃 faursniwis	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍄 faursnaut	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌶𐌰 faursniwaza
3rd singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌸 faursniwiþ	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌰𐌿 faursnau	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌰 faursniwada
1st dual	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐍉𐍃 faursniwōs	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌿 faursnewu	—
2nd dual	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍃 faursniwats	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌿𐍄𐍃 faursnewuts	—
1st plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌼 faursniwam	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌿𐌼 faursnewum	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 faursniwanda
2nd plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌸 faursniwiþ	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌿𐌸 faursnewuþ	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 faursniwanda
3rd plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳 faursniwand	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌿𐌽 faursnewun	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 faursniwanda
Subjunctive	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌿 faursniwau	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌿 faursnewjau	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwaidau
2nd singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃 faursniwais	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 faursneweis	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌿 faursniwaizau
3rd singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹 faursniwai	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌹 faursnewi	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwaidau
1st dual	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 faursniwaiwa	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰 faursneweiwa	—
2nd dual	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 faursniwaits	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 faursneweits	—
1st plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 faursniwaima	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 faursneweima	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwaindau
2nd plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌸 faursniwaiþ	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌸 faursneweiþ	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwaindau
3rd plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 faursniwaina	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 faursneweina	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwaindau
Imperative
2nd singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅 faursniw
3rd singular	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwadau
2nd dual	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐍄𐍃 faursniwats
2nd plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌸 faursniwiþ
3rd plural	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 faursniwandau
	Present	Past
Participles	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 faursniwands	𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 faursniwans

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 126