𐍅𐌹𐍄

From Proto-Germanic *wet. Cognate to Old English wit and Old Norse vit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwit/

𐍅𐌹𐍄 • (wit)

1. we two, the two of us (first-person dual personal pronoun)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 9.27:^[1]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍂𐍉, 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌺𐌹𐍃, 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿 𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌹𐍃!

     jah ƕarbōndin iēsua jainþrō, laistidēdun afar imma twai blindans, hrōpjandans jah qiþandans: armai uggkis, sunau daweidis!

     And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 17.21–22:^[2]

     𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌸𐌿, 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰, 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌿𐍃, 𐌴𐌹 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌺𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐍉 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌿 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌴𐍃. / 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌺 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍄 𐌼𐌹𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐍆 𐌹𐌼, 𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌽, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍅𐌹𐍄 𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌿.

     ei allai ain sijaina, swaswē þu, atta, in mis jah ik in þus, ei jah þai in uggkis ain sijaina, ei sō manasēþs galaubjai þatei þu mik insandidēs. / jah ik wulþu þanei gaft mis, gaf im, ei sijaina ain, swaswē wit ain siju.

     That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. / And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: (KJV)

A variant spelling 𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌺𐌹𐍃 (uggkis) is attested.

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “W77. *wit”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 406
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 177