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Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fedwΕr tigiwiz and cognate to Old Norse fjΓ³rir tigir. Contrast Crimean Gothic furdeithien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /Λfid.woΛr ΛtiΙ‘.jus/,
Noun
ππΉπ³π
ππ ππΉπ²πΎπΏπ β’ (fidwΕr tigjus) m pl
- forty (cardinal number)
4th Century,
Wulfila (tr.),
Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (
Codex Argenteus) 4.2:
[1]- π³π°π²π΄ ππΉπ³π
ππ ππΉπ²πΏπ½π, πππ°πΉππ°π½π πππ°πΌ π³πΉπ°π±πΏπ»π°πΏ. πΎπ°π· π½πΉ πΌπ°ππΉπ³π° π
π°πΉπ·π πΉπ½ π³π°π²π°πΌ πΎπ°πΉπ½π°πΉπΌ, πΎπ°π· π°π πΏπππ°πΏπ·π°π½π°πΉπΌ πΈπ°πΉπΌ π³π°π²π°πΌ, π±πΉπΈπ΄ π²ππ΄π³π°π²π π
π°ππΈ.
- dagΔ fidwΕr tiguns, fraisans fram diabulau. jah ni matida waiht in dagam jainaim, jah at ustauhanaim ΓΎaim dagam, biΓΎΔ grΔdags warΓΎ.
- Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. (KJV)
4th Century,
Wulfila (tr.),
Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (
Codex Argenteus) 1.13:
[2]- πΎπ°π· π
π°π πΉπ½ πΈπΉπΆπ°πΉ π°πΏπΈπΉπ³π°πΉ π³π°π²π΄ ππΉπ³π
ππ ππΉπ²πΏπ½π πππ°πΉππ°π½π πππ°πΌ ππ°ππ°π½πΉπ½, πΎπ°π· π
π°π πΌπΉπΈ π³πΉπΏπΆπ°πΌ, πΎπ°π· π°π²π²πΉπ»π΄πΉπ π°π½π³π±π°π·ππΉπ³π΄π³πΏπ½ πΉπΌπΌπ°.
- jah was in ΓΎizai auΓΎidai dagΔ fidwΕr tiguns fraisans fram satanin, jah was miΓΎ diuzam, jah aggileis andbahtidΔdun imma.
- And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. (KJV)
4th Century,
Wulfila (tr.),
Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (
Codex Ambrosianus B) 11.24:
[3]- πππ°πΌ πΉπΏπ³π°πΉπΏπΌ ππΉπΌπ ππΉπ½πΈπ°πΌ ππΉπ³π
ππ ππΉπ²πΏπ½π π°πΉπ½π°πΌπΌπ° π
π°π½π°π½π π½π°πΌ;
- fram iudaium fimf sinΓΎam fidwΕr tiguns ainamma wanans nam;
- Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. (KJV)
Usage notes
This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of βfour decadesβ; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.
References
- ^ Luke chapter 4 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
- ^ Mark chapter 1 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
- ^ Corinthians II chapter 11 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
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