𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *berganą (“to preserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrɡan/,

Verb

𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 • (bairgan)

1. to keep (maintain the condition of, preserve)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, John 12:25:

     𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌸 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌿, 𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹.

     saei frijōþ saiwala seina, fraqisteiþ izai, jah saei fiaiþ saiwala seina in þamma fairƕau, in libainai aiweinōn bairgiþ izai.

     He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, John 17:15:

     𐌽𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌿, 𐌰𐌺 𐌴𐌹 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌼 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽.

     ni bidja ei usnimais ins us þamma fairƕau, ak ei bairgais im faura þamma unsēljin.

     I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. (KJV)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gabairgan)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 16