𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 8 June 2014

Alternative forms

• 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐍃 (manasēds)

Etymology

From 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna, “man”) +‎ *𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 (*sēþs, “seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaˌseːθs/

Noun

𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 • (manasēþs) f

1. world, mankind
   • 6th century, Codex Argenteus, John 16:20:

     𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽, 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽, 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍉𐌸 𐌾𐌿𐍃, 𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸; […]

     amēn, amēn, qiþa izwis þei greitiþ jah gaunōþ jus, iþ manasēþs faginōþ; […]

     Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; […]

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 manasēþs	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 manasēdeis
Vocative	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸 manasēþ	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 manasēdeis
Accusative	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸 manasēþ	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 manasēdins
Genitive	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍃 manasēdais	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌴 manasēdē
Dative	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌹 manasēdai	𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌹𐌼 manasēdim

Synonyms

• 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus, “world”)

References

• 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 in Wilhelm Streitberg, Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, Heidelberg, 1910, at Project Wulfila.