𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃

From 𐌿𐌽- (un-) + the root of 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 (gafaurs, “well-behaved, sober”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈunˌfɔːrs/

𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 • (unfaurs)

1. gossipy, tattling
2. (nominalized) tattler
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Timothy 5:13:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍃𐌹𐌺 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌺 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐍉𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳.

     aþþan samana jah unwaurstwōns laisjand sik þairhgaggan gardins, aþþan ni þatain unwaurstwōns, ak jah unfaurjōs jah fairweitjandeins, rōdjandeins þōei ni skulda sind.

     And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. (KJV)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 157