𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰

𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) +‎ Proto-Germanic *fēhiz +‎ -𐌱𐌰 (-ba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈfeːhaba/, [ɡaˈfeːhaβa]

Adverb

𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 • (gafēhaba)

1. honestly
   • 1 Thessalonians 4:12:

     𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌴𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐍈𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌸.

     ei gaggaiþ gafēhaba du þaim þaiei uta sind jah ni ainishun ƕis þaurbeiþ.

     That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 42