𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (fidwōr þusundjōs)

Etymology

Literally “four thousands”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfid.woːr ˈθuː.sund.joːs/, [ˈfið.woːr ˈθuː.sund.joːs]

Noun

𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 • (fidwōr þūsundjōs) f pl

2. four thousand (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 8.9:

     𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍄 𐌹𐌽𐍃.

     wēsunuþ-þan þai matjandans swē fidwōr þusundjōs; jah fralailōt ins.

     And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 8.20:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐌼, 𐍈𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍀𐍅𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍉 𐌿𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌸? 𐌹𐌸 𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽.

     aþþan þan þans sibun hlaibans fidwōr þusundjōm, ƕan managans spwreidans fullans gabrukō usnēmuþ? iþ eis qēþun: sibun.

     And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. (KJV)

Usage notes

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “four thousands”; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

Related terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr, “four”)
• 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (þūsundi, “thousand”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F45. *fidwor”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 113–114
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 34