𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *firinōną; synchronically analyzable as 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌰 (fairina) +‎ -𐍉𐌽 (-ōn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛrinoːn/

𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 • (fairinōn)

1. to accuse, blame
   • 2 Corinthians 8:20:

     𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰, 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍈𐌰𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰𐌹 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌳𐍉𐌽 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌿𐌽𐍃;

     biwandjandans þata, ibai ƕas uns fairinōdēdi in digrein þizai andbahtidōn fram uns;

     Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: (KJV)

   • 2 Timothy 3:3:

     𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌹, 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌹, 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌺, 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌹, 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌹,

     unhunslagai, unmildjai, fairinōndans, ungahabandans sik, unmanarigwai, unsēljai,

     Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, (KJV)

2. to attack (used to translate a metaphorical use of κατεσθίω (katesthíō, “eat up, devour”))
   • Galatians 5:15:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍉 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸, 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌹𐌸, 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍉 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿.

     iþ jabai izwis missō beitiþ jah fairrinōþ, saiƕiþ, ibai fram izwis missō fraqimaindau.

     But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. (KJV)

A variant spelling 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸 (fairrinōþ) is attested instead of the expected (and unattested) spelling 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸 (fairinōþ).

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 31