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Gothic
Etymology
From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) + Proto-Germanic *fēhiz + -𐌱𐌰 (-ba).
Pronunciation
Adverb
𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 • (gafēhaba)
- honestly
- 1 Thessalonians 4:12:
𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐍈𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌸.- ei gaggaiþ gafēhaba du þaim þaiei uta sind jah ni ainishun ƕis þaurbeiþ.
- That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. (KJV)
Further reading
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 42