𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“yearling lamb”). Cognate with Old English weþer and Old Norse veðr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.θrus/, /ˈwiθ.rus/

Noun

𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 • (wiþrus) m

(hapax) lamb (young sheep)
- 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Ambrosianus E) 1.29, (quoted within Skeireins, leaf 1):[1]
  […] 𐍃𐌰𐌹, 𐍃𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍃.
  […] sai, sa ist wiþrus gudis, saei afnimiþ frawaurht þizōs manasēdais.
  […] Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world (KJV).

Usage notes

This word translates ἀμνός m (amnós, “lamb”). Another word for "lamb", 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb, “sheep, lamb”), translates ἀρήν m or f (arḗn, “lamb, sheep”).

Declension

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 wiþrus	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃 wiþrjus
Vocative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿 wiþrau	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌾𐌿𐍃 wiþrjus
Accusative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿 wiþru	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌽𐍃 wiþruns
Genitive	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 wiþraus	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴 wiþriwē
Dative	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿 wiþrau	𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌼 wiþrum

Hypernyms

𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱 (lamb, “sheep, lamb”)

References

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