𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹

𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹

Gothic

Etymology

From 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma) +‎ -𐌴𐌹 (-ei). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrumadiː/, [ˈfrumaðiː]

Noun

𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹 • (frumadei) f

1. preeminence
   • Colossians 1:18:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃, 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃, 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌿𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼, 𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃

     jah is ist haubiþ leikis, aikklēsjōns, saei ist anastōdeins, frumabaur us dauþaim, ei sijai in allaim is frumadein habands

     And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Declension

Feminine īn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹 frumadei	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 frumadeins
Vocative	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹 frumadei	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 frumadeins
Accusative	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 frumadein	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 frumadeins
Genitive	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 frumadeins	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉 frumadeinō
Dative	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽 frumadein	𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌼 frumadeim

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 39