𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *wintruz m.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.trus/

𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 • (wintrus) ?

2. (in the singular) winter (fourth season, marked by short days and lowest temperatures)

   Holonym: 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 10.22:^[1]

     𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰𐌹, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃.

     warþ þan inniujiþa in iairusaulwmai, jah wintrus was.

     And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. (KJV).

3. (in the plural) year (with numeral, used for ages and durations of time)

   Synonym: 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 9.20:^[2]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉 𐌱𐌻𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 ·𐌹𐌱· 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌿𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐌰𐍂𐍉 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌺 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃;

     jah sai, qinō blōþarinnandei ·ib· wintruns duatgaggandei aftarō attaitōk skauta wastjōs is;

     And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 8.42:^[3]

     𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌴, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍉 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄. 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐍃, 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     untē dauhtar ainōhō was imma swē wintriwē twalibē, jah sō swalt. miþþanei þan iddja is, manageins þraihun ina.

     For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. (KJV).

The phrase 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰 (wintru wisa) translates παραχειμάσω (parakheimásō, “I will winter ”) (1 Corinthians 16:6).

• 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (twalibwintrus, “twelve years old”)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 175