𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *biwindaną; cognate with Old English bewindan and Dutch bewinden. By surface analysis, 𐌱𐌹- (bi-) +‎ *𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*windan).

• IPA^(key): /biˈwindan/

𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 • (biwindan)

1. to wrap
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 27:59:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰

     jah nimands þata leik iōsēf biwand ita sabana hrainjamma

     And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 15:46:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐍄𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃.

     jah usbugjands lein jah usnimands ita biwand þamma leina jah galagida ita in hlaiwa, þatei was gadraban us staina, jah atwalwida stain du daura þis hlaiwis.

     And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. (KJV)

2. (specifically) to swaddle, wrap in swaddling clothes
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 2:7:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍂 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌿 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹𐌽, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌽𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌹𐌼 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰.

     jah gabar sunu seinana þana frumabaur jah biwand ina jah galagida ina in uzētin, untē ni was im rumis in stada þamma.

     And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Luke 2:12:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃: 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌳 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌳 𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹𐌽.

     jah þata izwis taikns: bigitid barn biwundan jah galagid in uzētin.

     And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. (KJV)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 175