𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽

𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽

Gothic

Etymology

𐌳𐌹𐍃- (dis-) +‎ 𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tahjan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈtahjan/

Verb

𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (distahjan)

1. to scatter
   • Luke 1:51

     𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃.

     gatawida swinþein in arma seinamma, distahida mikilþuhtans gahugdai hairtins seinis.

     He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. (KJV)

   • John 10:12:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃, 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌳 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌰, 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐍉 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰.

     iþ asneis jah saei nist hairdeis, þizei ni sind lamba swēsa, gasaiƕiþ wulf qimandan jah bileiþiþ þaim lambam jah þliuhiþ, jah sa wulfs frawilwiþ þō jah distahjiþ þō lamba.

     But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. (KJV)

   • John 16:32a:

     𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌿 𐌵𐌰𐌼, 𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌹𐌸…

     sai, qimiþ ƕeila jah nu qam, ei distahjada ƕarjizuh du seinaim, jah mik ainana bileiþiþ…

     Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone… (KJV)

2. to waste
   • Luke 15:13:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌽𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌰 𐌾𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌶𐌰 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌰 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍂 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰.

     jah afar ni managans dagans brahta samana allata sa juhiza sunus jah aflaiþ in land fairra wisandō jah jainar distahida þata swēs seinata libands usstiuriba.

     And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. (KJV)

   • Luke 16:1:

     𐌵𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐍃

     qaþuþ-þan du sipōnjam seinaim: mannē sums was gabeigs, saei aihta fauragaggjan, jah sa frawrōhiþs warþ du imma ei distahidēdi aigin is

     And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. (KJV)

Conjugation

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 distahjan
Indicative	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰 distahja	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌰 distahida	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 distahjada
2nd singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌹𐍃 distahjis	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐍃 distahidēs	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌶𐌰 distahjaza
3rd singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌹𐌸 distahjiþ	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌰 distahida	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰 distahjada
1st dual	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐍃 distahjōs	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿 distahidēdu	—
2nd dual	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐍄𐍃 distahjats	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐍄𐍃 distahidēduts	—
1st plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌼 distahjam	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌼 distahidēdum	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 distahjanda
2nd plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌹𐌸 distahjiþ	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌸 distahidēduþ	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 distahjanda
3rd plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳 distahjand	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 distahidēdun	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 distahjanda
Subjunctive	Present	Past	Present passive
1st singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌿 distahjau	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌿 distahidēdjau	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjaidau
2nd singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍃 distahjais	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 distahidēdeis	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌿 distahjaizau
3rd singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹 distahjai	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 distahidēdi	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjaidau
1st dual	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 distahjaiwa	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰 distahidēdeiwa	—
2nd dual	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 distahjaits	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 distahidēdeits	—
1st plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰 distahjaima	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 distahidēdeima	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjaindau
2nd plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌸 distahjaiþ	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌸 distahidēdeiþ	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjaindau
3rd plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 distahjaina	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 distahidēdeina	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjaindau
Imperative
2nd singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹 distahei
3rd singular	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjadau
2nd dual	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐍄𐍃 distahjats
2nd plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌹𐌸 distahjiþ
3rd plural	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 distahjandau
	Present	Past
Participles	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 distahjands	𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌹𐌸𐍃 distahiþs

Derived terms

• 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (distaheins)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 136