𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃

• 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (birēkeis)

• IPA^(key): /biˈriːkiːs/

𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (bireikeis)

1. in jeopardy, in danger
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 8:23:

     𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽, 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌿𐌽.

     þaruh þan swē faridēdun, anasaislēp; jah atiddja skura windis in þana marisaiw, jah gafullnōdēdun jah birēkjai waurþun.

     But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:30:

     𐌳𐌿𐍈𐌴 𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌿𐌼 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐍉 𐍈𐍉𐌷?

     duƕē þau weis bireikjai sijum ƕeilō ƕōh?

     And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? (KJV)

Since only the attested form is the strong masculine nominative plural 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌹 (bireikjai), it is theoretically possible for this word also to be an i-stem 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 or a u-stem 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌿𐍃.

• 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹 (bireikei)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 20