𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +‎ 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna) +‎ -𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (-ains)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈruːnɛːns/

Noun

𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 • (birūnains) f

1. scheming, beguiling
   • Skeireins IIIa:

     𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌷𐍃𐌽𐍃 𐌱𐌹 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌷𐌴𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽.

     þatuh þan qiþands aiwaggēlista ataugida, ei sō garēhsns bi ina nēƕa andja was þairh hērōdēs birunain.

     By saying that the evangelist revealed that the plan concerning him was near its end through the scheming of Herod.

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 birunains	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 birunaineis
Vocative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽 birunain	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 birunaineis
Accusative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽 birunain	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌽𐍃 birunainins
Genitive	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃 birunainais	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 birunainē
Dative	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 birunainai	𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌼 birunainim

Further reading

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