𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną. By surface analysis, 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta) +‎ -𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-jan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtjan/

Verb

𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (bōtjan)

1. to profit, be of advantage
   • Mark 8:35:

     𐍈𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹?

     ƕa auk bōteiþ mannan, jabai gageigaiþ þana fairƕu allana jah gasleiþeiþ sik saiwalai seinai?

     For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (KJV)

   • John 6:63a:

     𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌽𐌹 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄

     ahma ist saei liban taujiþ, þata leik ni bōteiþ waiht

     It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing (KJV)

2. to better, improve
   • Mark 5:26:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲 𐌲𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰, 𐌰𐌺 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰

     jah manag gaþulandei fram managaim lēkjam jah fraqimandei allamma seinamma jah ni waihtai bōtida, ak mais wairs habaida

     And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse (KJV)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gabōtjan)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 22