𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ Proto-Germanic *murgijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmɔrɡjan/

Verb

𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (gamaurgjan) (perfective)

1. to shorten, cut short
   • Mark 13:20:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌽𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴; 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴, 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰, 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     jah ni frauja gamaurgidēdi þans dagans, ni þauh ganēsi ainhun leikē; akei in þizē gawalidanē, þanzei gawalida, gamaurgida þans dagans.

     And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. (KJV)

   • Romans 9:28

     𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹.

     waurd auk ustiuhands jah gamaurgjands in garaihtein, untē waurd gamaurgiþ taujiþ frauja ana airþai.

     For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. (KJV)

Conjugation

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 93