π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wΔ“pnΔ…. Cognate to Old English wΗ£pn and Old Norse vΓ‘pn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈweːpn/

Noun

π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½ β€’ (wΔ“pn) n

  1. weapon (instrument of combat)
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 18.3:[1]
      𐌹𐌸 πŒΉπŒΏπŒ³πŒ°πƒ 𐌽𐌰𐌼 πŒ·πŒ°πŒ½πƒπŒ° 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌹𐌢𐌴 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 π†πŒ°π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπƒπŒ°πŒΉπŒ΄ πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒ±πŒ°πŒ·π„πŒ°πŒ½πƒ, 𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌷 πŒΎπŒ°πŒΉπŒ½πŒ³π…πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒΈπƒ 𐌼𐌹𐌸 πƒπŒΊπŒ΄πŒΉπŒΌπŒ°πŒΌ 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌢𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ°πŒΌ.
      iΓΎ iudas nam hansa jah ΓΎizΔ“ gudjanΔ“ jah fareisaiΔ“ andbahtans, iddjuh jaindwairΓΎs miΓΎ skeimam jah haizam jah wΔ“pnam.
      Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. (KJV).
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Ambrosianus B) 6.7:[2]
      𐌹𐌽 π…πŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒ³πŒ° πƒπŒΏπŒ½πŒΎπ‰πƒ, 𐌹𐌽 πŒΌπŒ°πŒ·π„πŒ°πŒΉ πŒ²πŒΏπŒ³πŒΉπƒ, πŒΈπŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ· π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ° πŒ²πŒ°π‚πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·π„πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ½πƒ π„πŒ°πŒΉπŒ·πƒπ…π‰πŒ½πŒ° 𐌾𐌰𐌷 πŒ·πŒ»πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ³πŒΏπŒΌπ‰πŒ½πŒ°,
      in waurda sunjōs, in mahtai gudis, ΓΎairh wΔ“pna garaihteins taihswōna jah hleidumōna,
      in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; (NIV).
    • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Codex Ambrosianus B) 10.4:[3]
      πŒΏπŒ½π„πŒ΄ π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ° πŒΏπŒ½πƒπŒ°π‚πŒΉπƒ πŒ³π‚πŒ°πŒΏπŒ·π„πŒΉπŒ½πŒ°πƒπƒπŒ°πŒΏπƒ 𐌽𐌹 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌰𐌺 πŒΌπŒ°πŒ·π„πŒ΄πŒΉπŒ²πŒ° 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰 𐌳𐌿 πŒ²πŒ°π„πŒ°πŒΏπ‚πŒΈπŒ°πŒΉ π„πŒΏπŒ»πŒ²πŒΉπŒΈπ‰,
      untΔ“ wΔ“pna unsaris drauhtinassaus ni leikeina, ak mahteiga guda du gataurΓΎai tulgiþō,
      (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, though they may well have existed.

Neuter a-stem
Singular Plural
Nominative π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½
wΔ“pn		 π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ°
wΔ“pna
Vocative π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½
wΔ“pn		 π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ°
wΔ“pna
Accusative π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½
wΔ“pn		 π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ°
wΔ“pna
Genitive π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒΉπƒ
wΔ“pnis		 π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ΄
wΔ“pnΔ“
Dative π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ°
wΔ“pna		 π…πŒ΄π€πŒ½πŒ°πŒΌ
wΔ“pnam

Hyponyms

References
  1. John chapter 18 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
  2. Corinthians II chapter 6 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.
  3. Corinthians II chapter 10 Provided by Project Wulfila 2004, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Last modified on 2005-03-30 by TDH.

Further reading
  • Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches WΓΆrterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s UniversitΓ€tsbuchhandlung, p. 174
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