πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πƒ

Gothic

FWOTD – 22 April 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz (β€œmiddle enclosure, middle-earth”). Akin to Old English middangeard, Old Saxon middilgard, Old High German Mittilagart, Old Norse MiΓ°garΓ°r. Equivalent to πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΉπƒ (midjis, β€œmiddle”) +β€Ž πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πƒ (gards, β€œyard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiΓ°.jun.Ι‘ards/

Noun

πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πƒ β€’ (midjungards) m

  1. the world, Earth
    • Gothic Bible, Romans 10.18:
      𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌡𐌹𐌸𐌰: 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌽𐌹 πŒ·πŒ°πŒΏπƒπŒΉπŒ³πŒ΄πŒ³πŒΏπŒ½? π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·π„πŒΉπƒ: 𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰 πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒΈπŒ° 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 πŒ³π‚πŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπŒΏπƒ 𐌹𐌢𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳 πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒΉπŒ½πƒ πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πŒΉπƒ π…πŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒ³πŒ° 𐌹𐌢𐌴.
      akei qiΓΎa: ibai ni hausidΔ“dun? raihtis: and alla airΓΎa galaiΓΎ drunjus izΔ“ jah and andins midjungardis waurda izΔ“.
      But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. (KJV)

Declension

Masculine i-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πƒ
midjungards
β€”
Vocative πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³
midjungard
β€”
Accusative πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³
midjungard
β€”
Genitive πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πŒΉπƒ
midjungardis
β€”
Dative πŒΌπŒΉπŒ³πŒΎπŒΏπŒ½πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ³πŒ°
midjungarda
β€”
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