𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu) +‎ *𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 (*deisei). The latter term is etymologically obscure. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiludiːsiː/,

Noun

𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹 • (filudeisei) f

1. craftiness, wiliness
   • 2 Corinthians 11:3:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍉𐌲, 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍄𐍉 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍅𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌰 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹, 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌰𐍆 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿.

     aþþan ōg, ibai auftō swaswē waurms aiwwan uslutōda filudeisein seinai, riurja wairþaina fraþja izwara af ainfalþein jah swiknein þizai in xristau.

     But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ. (ASV)

   • Ephesians 4:14:

     𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 𐍈𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌴𐌷 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃, 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴, 𐌹𐌽 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃,

     ei þanaseiþs ni sijaima niuklahai uswagidai jah uswalugidai winda ƕammēh laiseinais, liutein mannē, in filudeisein du listeigōn uswandjai airzeins,

     That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; (KJV)

Declension

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 35