𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽
Gothic
Etymology
Cognate with Old Norse gnúa and Old High German niuwan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbnɔːan/
Verb
𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 • (bnauan)
- (hapax legomenon) to rub
- Luke 6:1b:
- 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼.
- jah raupidēdun ahsa sipōnjōs is jah matidēdun bnauandans handum.
- and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. (KJV)
- Luke 6:1b:
Conjugation
Only the present participle 𐌱𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (bnauands) is attested, which is not enough to determine a conjugation class. It could be a class 7 strong verb like its Old Norse and Old High German cognates, or a class 3 weak verb like 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (trauan), or an irregular verb like 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan).
Further reading
- Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 22