𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐍃 (analaugns) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei); from 𐌰𐌽𐌰- (ana-) + Proto-Germanic *laugnaz (“hidden”) (compare *laugnijaną (“to conceal, deny”)).

Noun

𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹 • (analaugnei) f

1. (hapax) secrecy
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, John 7:4a:

     𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍈𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽.

     ni manna auk in analaugnein ƕa taujiþ jah sōkeiþ sik uskunþana wisan.

     For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹 analaugnei	—
Vocative	𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹 analaugnei	—
Accusative	𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 analaugnein	—
Genitive	𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 analaugneins	—
Dative	𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 analaugnein	—

Related terms

• 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaugnjan, “to be concealed”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laugnjan, “to deny”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 9