𐌱𐌰𐌹

From Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate to Old English bēġen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛː/

𐌱𐌰𐌹 • (bai)

1. both, one and the other (referring to exactly two items)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 1:7:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌼 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌴, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍉, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍂𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌴 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽.

     jah ni was im barnē, untē was aileisabaiþ stairō, jah ba framaldra dagē seinaizē wēsun.

     And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 6:39:

     𐌵𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉𐌽 𐌹𐌼: 𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌲 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌱𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌿𐌽? 𐌽𐌹𐌿 𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌻 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳?

     qaþuh þan gajukōn im: ibai mag blinds blindana tiuhun? niu bai in dal gadriusand?

     And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Ephesians 2:14:

     𐍃𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌺 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐍉 𐌱𐌰 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌿 𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃

     sa auk ist gawairþi unsar, saei gatawida þō ba du samin jah midgardiwaddju faþōs gatairands

     For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us (KJV)

This word appears to have declined similarly to 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 (twai).

• 𐌱𐌰𐌾𐍉𐌸𐍃 pl (bajōþs, “both”)

• 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls, “all”)
• Appendix:Gothic correlatives

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “B6. bai”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 15