𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰

Gothic

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Cardinal: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (fimf hunda)

Etymology

Literally “five hundreds”. Compare Old English fīf hund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimf ˈhun.da/

Noun

𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 • (fimf hunda) n pl

2. five hundred (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 7.41:

     𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰; 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰, 𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃.

     twai dulgis skulans wēsun dulgahaitjin sumamma; ains skulda skattē fimf hunda, iþ anþar fimf tiguns.

     There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: First Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Ambrosianus A) 15.6:

     𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 [𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌼] 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌴 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌷𐌹𐍄𐌰, 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌻𐌴𐍀𐌿𐌽.

     þaþrōh gasaiƕands ist managizam þau fimf hundam [taihuntēwjam] brōþrē suns, þizēei þai managistans sind und hita, sumaiþ-þan gasaizlēpun.

     After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. (KJV)

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf, “five”)
• 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund, “hundred”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F55. fimf”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 35