𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃

From 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂- (fidur-, “four”) +‎ -𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 (-dōgs, “days of age”). Close in formation to Old English fiþerdōgor (“lasting four days”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.durˌdoːɡs/,

𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 • (fidurdōgs)

1. (hapax) having lasted four days, four days old
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 11.39:^[1]

     𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃: 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽. 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰, 𐌾𐌿 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄; 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌹𐍃𐍄.

     qaþ iēsus: afnimiþ þana stain. qaþ du imma swistar þis dauþins marþa: frauja, ju fuls ist; fidurdōgs auk ist.

     Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been four days. (ASV).

• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 (ahtaudōgs, “having lasted eight days, eight days old”)

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (twalibwintrus, “twelve years old”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F44. fidur-”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 113
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 34