𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽

𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺 (hrūk) +‎ -𐌾𐌰𐌽 (-jan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhruːk.jan/

𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (hrūkjan)

1. to crow (to make the sound of a rooster)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus & Codex Ambrosianus C) 26.74:^[1]

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐍉𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌹𐌳𐌰.

     þanuh dugann afdōmjan jah swaran þatei ni kann þana mannan. jah suns hana hrukida.

     Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 18.27:^[2]

     𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌺 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌹𐌳𐌰.

     þaruh aftra afaiaik paitrus, jah suns hana hrukida.

     Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 14.72:^[3]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌰. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳, 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼, 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐌼 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽.

     jah anþaramma sinþa hana wōpida. jah gamunda paitrus þata waurd, swē qaþ imma iēsus, þatei faurþizē hana hrukjai twaim sinþam, inwidis mik þrim sinþam. jah dugann greitan.

     And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. (KJV).

This word is one of several words that translate φωνέω (phōnéō, “to sound”), but it is used chiefly with reference to roosters, for which purpose 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out, to call”) is also occasionally used. 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan, “to call”), however, is never used this way.

• 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry, to call”)

• 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺 (hrūk, “crow”)

• 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽 (baljōn, “to roar”)
• 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “rooster”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “H.99 hruk”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 192
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 60