𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼- (fram-, “forward”) +‎ *𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*wigan, “to move”) +‎ -𐌹𐍃 (-is); compare English moving forward

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈframwiɡis/, [ˈframwiɣis]

Adverb

𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 • (framwigis)

1. forever, evermore
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, John 6:34:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌹𐍆 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆.

     þanuh qēþun du imma: frauja, framwigis gif unsis þana hlaif.

     Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Thessalonians 4:17:

     𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌷𐌼𐌰𐌼 𐌳𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 ⟨𐍃𐍅𐌰⟩ 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌼.

     þaþrō þan weis þai libandans, þai aflifnandans suns miþ imma frawilwanda in milhmam du gamōtjan fraujin in luftau jah ⟨swa⟩ framwigis miþ fraujin wairþam.

     Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (KJV)

See also

• Appendix:Gothic correlatives

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 37