𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *bisaulijaną. By surface analysis, 𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +‎ *𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*sauljan). Cognate with German Low German besölen (“to dirty, defile”), English besoil (“to make dirty”).

• IPA^(key): /biˈsɔːljan/

𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (bisauljan)

1. to defile, pollute
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Titus 1:15:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼, 𐌹𐌸 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽, 𐌰𐌺 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌷𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹.

     aþþan all hrain hrainjaim, iþ bisaulidaim jah ungalaubjandam ni waiht hrain, ak bisaulida sind izē jah aha jah miþwissei.

     Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. (KJV)

• Glosses Ancient Greek μιαίνω (miaínō).

• 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (bisauleins)
• 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 (bisaulnan)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 118