𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twalifwintruz. Cognate with Old English twelfwintre and Old Norse tolfvetr. By surface analysis, 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆 (twalif, “twelve”) +‎ -𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (-wintrus, “winter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwa.libˌwin.trus/, [ˈtwa.liβˌwin.trus]

Adjective

𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 • (twalibwintrus)

1. (hapax) twelve years old
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 2.42:[1]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃, 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃,

     jah biþē warþ twalibwintrus, usgaggandam þan im in iairusaulwma bi biuhtja dulþais,

     And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. (KJV).

Usage notes

This term appears to be synonymous to the phrases 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌴 (wintriwe twalibe), Luke 8:42) and 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌴 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌴 (jere twalibe), Mark 5:42), all of them translating ἐτῶν δώδεκα (etôn dṓdeka, “twelve years old”).

Declension

U-stem
Strong (indefinite) inflection
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 twalibwintrus	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 twalibwintrus	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿, 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐍄𐌰 twalibwintru, twalibwintrjata
Accusative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌰 twalibwintrjana	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰 twalibwintrja	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿, 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐍄𐌰 twalibwintru, twalibwintrjata
Genitive	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 *twalibwintraus	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 *twalibwintrjaizōs	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 *twalibwintraus
Dative	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 *twalibwintrjamma	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹 *twalibwintrjai	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 *twalibwintrjamma
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹 twalibwintrjai	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃 twalibwintrjōs	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰 *twalibwintrja
Accusative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjans	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃 twalibwintrjōs	*𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰 *twalibwintrja
Genitive	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 twalibwintrjaizē	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉 twalibwintrjaizō	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 twalibwintrjaizē
Dative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼 twalibwintrjaim	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼 twalibwintrjaim	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼 twalibwintrjaim
Weak (definite) inflection
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰 twalibwintrja	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉 twalibwintrjō	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉 twalibwintrjō
Accusative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 twalibwintrjan	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽 twalibwintrjōn	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉 twalibwintrjō
Genitive	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjins	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjōns	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjins
Dative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌽 twalibwintrjin	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽 twalibwintrjōn	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌽 twalibwintrjin
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjans	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjōns	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌰 twalibwintrjōna
Accusative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjans	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 twalibwintrjōns	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌰 twalibwintrjōna
Genitive	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 twalibwintrjanē	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍉 twalibwintrjōnō	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 twalibwintrjanē
Dative	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌼 twalibwintrjam	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐍉𐌼 twalibwintrjōm	𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌱𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌼 twalibwintrjam

See also

• 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 (fidurdōgs, “four days old”)
• 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍉𐌲𐍃 (ahtaudōgs, “eight days old”)

References

1. Luke chapter 2 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. 142