𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *setlaz (“seat”). Cognate with Old English setl (“sitting, seat”) and Old High German sezzal (“seat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsitls/

𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃 • (sitls) m

1. seat (place in which to sit)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 11.15:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰𐌹. 𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌺𐌹𐌼 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰.

     jah iddjēdun du iairusaulwmai. ah atgaggands iēsus in alh dugann uswairpan þans frabugjandans jah bugjandans in alh jah mēsa skattjanē jah sitlans þizē frabugjandanē ahakim uswaltida.

     And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; (KJV).

2. throne (seat of a ruler)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Epistle to the Colossians (Codex Ambrosianus B) 1.16:

     𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹, 𐌸𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐍉 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌾𐌿𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌾𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌾𐌰, 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍀𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳.

     untē in imma gaskapana waurþun alla in himinam jah ana airþai, þō gasaiƕanōna jah þō ungasaiƕanōna, jaþþē sitlōs jaþþē fraujinassjus, jaþþē reikja jaþþē waldufnja, alla þairh ina jah in imma gaskapana sind.

     For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: (KJV).

3. bird's nest
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 9.58:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐍃: 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌿𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃; 𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌽𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍈𐌰𐍂 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌹.

     jah qaþ du imma iēsus: fauhōns grōbōs aigun jah fuglōs himinis sitlans; iþ sunus mans ni habaiþ ƕar haubiþ galagjai.

     And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (KJV).

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

• (throne) 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 (stōls)

• 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”)

• 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls, “bird”)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 121