𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃

• 𐍆𐌹𐌼 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (fim tigjus) (spelling variant or misspelling)

From Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz and cognate to Old Norse fimm tigir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimf ˈtiɡ.jus/,

𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 • (fimf tigjus) m pl

2. fifty (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 8.57:^[1]

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌰𐍈𐍄?

     þanuh qēþun þai iudaieis du imma: fimf tiguns jērē nauh ni habais jah abraham saƕt?

     Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 7.41:^[2]

     𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰; 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰, 𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃.

     twai dulgis skulans wēsun dulgahaitjin sumamma; ains skulda skattē fimf hunda, iþ anþar fimf tiguns.

     There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 9.14:^[3]

     𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴. 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌺𐌿𐌱𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽𐍃.

     wēsun auk swē fimf þusundjōs wairē. qaþ þan du sipōnjam seinaim: gawaurkeiþ im anakumbjan kubituns, ana ƕarjanōh fimf tiguns.

     For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. (KJV)

This number is a noun phrase with the literal meaning of “five decades”; as such, the entities being counted are in the genitive case.

• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf, “five”)
• 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “decade”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F46. *fidwor-tigjus”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 114
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 35