𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *birinnaną (“to run around”), equivalent to 𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +‎ 𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (rinnan). Cognate with Old High German birinnan, Old Frisian birinna, Old English birinnan.

• IPA^(key): /biˈrinnan/

𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 • (birinnan)

1. to encircle, come round about, run round about
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 6:55:

     𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌹 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽, 𐌸𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹.

     birinnandans all þata gawi dugunnun ana badjam þans ubil habandans bairan, þadei hausidēdun ei is wēsi.

     And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, John 10:24:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐍈𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌹𐍃? 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃, 𐌵𐌹𐌸 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰.

     þanuh birunnun ina iudaieis jah qēþun du imma: und ƕa saiwala unsara hahis? jabai þu sijais xristus, qiþ unsis andaugiba.

     Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. (KJV)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 111