𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱 (twalib)

From Proto-Germanic *twalif. Cognate to Old English twelf and Old Norse tolf. Contrast Crimean Gothic thunetua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwa.lif/

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 • (twalif)

2. twelve (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 6.67:^[1]

     𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌼: 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽?

     þaruh qaþ iēsus du þaim twalibim: ibai jah jus wileiþ galeiþan?

     Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 9.17:^[2]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐍉, 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆.

     jah matidēdun jah sadai waurþun allai; jah ushafan warþ, þatei aflifnōda im gabrukō, tainjōns twalif.

     And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 5.25:^[3]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍉 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌰 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆

     jah qinōnō suma wisandei in runa blōþis jēra twalif

     And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, (KJV)

• Genitive: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌴 (twalibē)
• Dative: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌼 (twalibim)

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (twalibwintrus, “twelve years old”)

• 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 (ainlif, “eleven”)
• 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌰𐌽 (aflifnan, “to remain”)
• 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bilaibjan, “to remain”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (laiba, “remnant”)
• 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”)
• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai, “two”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “T41. twai”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 350
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 142