𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹

𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹

Gothic

FWOTD – 12 March 2022

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθram.stiː/

Noun

𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 • (þramstei) f

1. (hapax) grasshopper, locust (insect)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 1.6:[1]

     𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌸~𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌼 𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌷𐌿𐍀 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌸 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺.

     wasuþ~þan iōhannēs gawasiþs taglam ulbandaus jah gairda filleina bi hup seinana jah matida þramsteins jah miliþ haiþiwisk.

     And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 þramstei	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins
Vocative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹 þramstei	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins
Accusative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 þramstein	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins
Genitive	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 þramsteins	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 þramsteinō
Dative	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 þramstein	𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌼 þramsteim

References

1. Mark chapter 1 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 150