𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆

From Proto-Germanic *ainalif. Cognate to Old High German einlif and Old Norse ellifu. Contrast Crimean Gothic thiinita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːn.lif/

𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 • (ainlif)

1. eleven (cardinal number)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 16:14:

     𐌱𐌹 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌼𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰, 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽.

     bi spēdistin þan anakumbjandam þaim ainlibim ataugida, jah idweitida ungalaubein izē jah harduhairtein, untē þaim gasaiƕandam ina urrisanana, ni galaubidēdun.

     Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:5:

     𐌾𐌰𐌸-𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌺𐌴𐍆𐌹𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌼;

     jaþ-þatei ataugids ist kēfin, jah afar þata þaim ainlibim;

     And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the [eleven]: (KJV)

• Dative: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌼 (ainlibim)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “A77. *ainlif”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 17
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 4