𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisan/

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather, collect”).

𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 • (lisan)

1. to gather
2. to collect

• 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (galisan)

From Proto-Germanic *lizaną, following Kroonen. Or, per Lehmann, Köbler and others (see references), a Gothic innovation by analogy with the preterite-present verb 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan, “to know”).

𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 • (lisan)

1. (hapax) to know
   • Gothic Bible, Philippians 4:12:

     𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌼𐌹𐌺, 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽; 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐌹𐌼, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌳𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌿 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽.

     lais jah haunjan mik, lais jah ufarassu haban; in allamma jah in allaim usþrōþiþs im, jah sads wairþan jah grēdags, jah ufarassau haban jah þarbōs þulan.

     I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. (KJV)

The only attested form of the verb is 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃 (lais).

• 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (laisjan)

• 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (lists)
• *𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*leis)

• "lisan" in Köbler, Gerhard, Gotisches Wörterbuch (4th edition 2014)
• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lisan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349
• Lehmann, Winfred, “lais”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, Leiden: Brill, 1986, page 225.