𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷

𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷

Gothic

Etymology

𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 (biþē) +‎ -𐌿𐌷 (-uh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈθeːx/

Adverb

𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 • (biþēh) (always followed by 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan))

1. then
   • Matthew 9:17a:

     𐌽𐌹𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍃; 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌽𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳

     niþ-þan giutand wein niujata in balgins fairnjans, aiþþau distaurnand balgeis; biþēh þan jah wein usgutniþ jah balgeis fraqistnand

     Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and ⟨then⟩ the wine is spilled, and the skins perish (ASV)

Conjunction

𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 • (biþēh) (always followed by 𐌸𐌰𐌽 (þan))

1. when
   • Luke 4:42:

     𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃, 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐌸𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 𐌹𐌼.

     biþēh þan warþ dags, usgaggands galaiþ ana auþjana stad, jah manageins sōkidēdun ina jah qēmun und ina jah gahabaidēdun ina, ei ni afliþi fairra im.

     And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. (KJV)

2. after
   • John 13:12:

     𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍅𐍉𐌷 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃, 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌿𐌳𐌿 𐍈𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃?

     biþēh þan usþwōh fōtuns izē jah nam wastjōs seinōs, anakumbjands aftra qaþ du im: witudu ƕa gatawida izwis?

     So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 21