stwi

Old Prussian

Preposition

stwi

1. (local) here
2. (temporal) then, so
   • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 101, line 17:

     Stwi billa
     ſtas ſmunents / ſta aſt ainawijdi kaulei eſſe maians
     kaūlins / bhe menſā eſſe maian menſan.

     The man [then] said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh'.

3. behold, here goes (call for attention)
   • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 111, line 7:

     Stwi aſt nūmas ains malnijkixs perpīſts.

     A child has been hereby presented to us

4. replaces pronominal adverb
   • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus [The Small Catechism], →OCLC, page 89, line 12:

     beggi tennei budē kirſcha iouſan Du-
     ſin / kai quai ſtwi reckenauſnan pērſtan dāt turri.

     For they watch over your souls and will have to render an account in that regard.

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “stwi”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, page 164