𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽

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Cardinal: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwōrtaihun)

Etymology

𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) +‎ 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun), a reforming of the elements of Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun (whence Old English fēowertīene and Old Norse fjórtán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfid.woːrˌtɛ.hun/, [ˈfið.woːrˌtɛ.hun]

Numeral

𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 • (fidwōrtaihun)

2. fourteen (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Argenteus B) 12.2:

     𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌰 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄, 𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐌹𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄, 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍄, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽;

     wait mannan in xristau faur jēra fidwōrtaihun, jaþþē in leika ni wait, jaþþē inuh leik ni wait, guþ wait, frawulwanana þana swaleikana und þridjan himin;

     I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Epistle to the Galatians (Codex Argenteus A) 2.1:

     𐌸𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌷 𐌱𐌹 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽, 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿.

     þaþrōh bi fidwōrtaihun jēra usiddja aftra in iairusaulwma miþ barnabin, ganimands miþ mis jah teitu.

     Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. (KJV)

Related terms

• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun, “ten”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr, “four”)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F45. fidwor”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 113–114
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 34