stwen

Old Prussian

Preposition

stwen

1. there
   • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 51, line 3:

     giwemmai ſchien kīſmingiſkai bhe
     ſtwen enprābutſkan.

     We live here temporarily, and there eternally.

2. this
   • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 75, line 9:

     bhe dai ſtan ſteimans bhe
     billāts / Jmaiti ſtwen / bhe poieiti wiſſai iſſteſmu

     Then he took a cup, and after offering thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Take this and drink from it, all of you”.

Derived terms

• isstwendan
• stwendau

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “stwen”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius