𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ *𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (*nawistr) +‎ -𐍉𐌽 (-ōn). *𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (*nawistr) probably meant "grave" or "burial" or referred to some other object or tool related to burial, and derives from 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, “corpse”) with the suffix *-istrą, a suffix also found in 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (awistr) and 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (hulistr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnawistroːn/

Verb

𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 • (ganawistrōn) (perfective)

1. to bury (a dead body)
   • 1 Corinthians 15:4:

     𐌾𐌰𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐌼

     jaþ-þatei ganawistrōþs was, jaþ þatei urrais þridjin daga afar bōkōm

     And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

   • Colossians 2:12

     𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹, 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌿𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼.

     miþ ganawistrōdai imma in daupeinai, in þizaiei jah miþurrisuþ þairh galaubein waurstwis gudis, saei urraisida ina us dauþaim.

     Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Conjugation

Related terms

• 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 99