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Gothic
Etymology
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Adverb
π°πΏπππ β’ (auftΕ)
- perhaps (indicates a lack of certainty)
- 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 20:13:
π΅π°πΈ πΈπ°π½ ππ° πππ°πΏπΎπ° πΈπΉπ π
π΄πΉπ½π°π²π°ππ³πΉπ: ππ° ππ°πΏπΎπ°πΏ? ππ°π½π³πΎπ° ππΏπ½πΏ πΌπ΄πΉπ½π°π½π° πΈπ°π½π° π»πΉπΏπ±π°π½; π°πΏπππ πΈπ°π½π° π²π°ππ°πΉππ°π½π³π°π½π π°πΉπππ°π½π³.- qaΓΎ ΓΎan sa frauja ΓΎis weinagardis: Ζa taujau? sandja sunu meinana ΓΎana liuban; auftΕ ΓΎana gasaiΖandans aistand.
- Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. (KJV)
- by chance, haply
- 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 14:29:
πΉπ±π°πΉ π°πΏπππ, π±πΉπΈπ΄ π²π°ππ°ππΉπ³π΄π³πΉ π²ππΏπ½π³πΏπ
π°π³π³πΎπΏ πΎπ°π· π½πΉ πΌπ°π·ππ΄π³πΉ πΏπππΉπΏπ·π°π½, π°π»π»π°πΉ πΈπ°πΉ π²π°ππ°πΉππ°π½π³π°π½π π³πΏπ²πΉπ½π½π°πΉπ½π° π±πΉπ»π°πΉπΊπ°π½ πΉπ½π°- ibai auftΕ, biΓΎΔ gasatidΔdi grunduwaddju jah ni mahtΔdi ustiuhan, allai ΓΎai gasaiΖandans duginnaina bilaikan ina
- Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him (KJV)
Further reading
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winterβs UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 14