𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂 (faur) +‎ 𐌸𐌹𐍃 (þis)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrθis/

Adverb

𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 • (faurþis)

1. first
   • Matthew 5:24:

     𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐍉 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌾𐌰 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐍉𐌽 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌰𐍄𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂 𐌸𐍉 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     aflēt jainar þō giba þeina in andwairþja hunslastadis jah gagg faurþis gasibjōn brōþr þeinamma, jah biþē atgaggands atbair þō giba þeina.

     Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. (KJV)

   • John 7:51:

     𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽, 𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍈𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌹?

     ibai witōþ unsar stōjiþ mannan, nibai faurþis hauseiþ fram imma jah ufkunnaiþ ƕa taujai?

     Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth? (ASV)

2. previously
   • John 9:17a:

     𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌳𐌿 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰: 𐌸𐌿 𐍈𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌸𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉𐌽𐌰?

     qēþunuh du þamma faurþis blindin aftra: þu ƕa qiþis bi þana ei uslauk þus augōna?

     They say unto the [previously] blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? (KJV)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 34