𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹

𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 (lausawaurds) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei). Calque of Ancient Greek ματαιολογίᾱ (mataiologíā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːsawɔrdiː/

Noun

𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹 • (lausawaurdei) f

1. vain jangling
   • 1 Timothy 1:6:

     𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽

     af þaimei sumai afairzidai uswandidēdun du lausawaurdein

     From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling (KJV)

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹 lausawaurdei	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 lausawaurdeins
Vocative	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹 lausawaurdei	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 lausawaurdeins
Accusative	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 lausawaurdein	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 lausawaurdeins
Genitive	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 lausawaurdeins	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 lausawaurdeinō
Dative	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 lausawaurdein	𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌼 lausawaurdeim

Related terms

• 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 (lausawaurdi)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 81