๐ ๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐
Gothic
Etymology
Related to ๐ ๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐ฟ๐ (wulรพus, โgloryโ).
It is not certain that this word in fact existed as a noun; it has also been credibly suggested that the attestation wulรพrais (in Codex Ambrosianus A; this would morphologically be the genitive of an i-stem noun) is to be viewed as the genitive to a noun wulรพris derived from a comparative adjective; the parallel attestation wulรพris (in Codex Ambrosianus B) would then simply be the nominative. A comparative adjective is in fact attested elsewhere as ๐ ๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ (wulรพrizans), which suggests the existence of an adjective *wulรพrs. For more, see references below; Falluomini's reading (both a noun and an adjective *wulรพrs existed) is followed here.
Usage notes
- This word may have also have had a more specialized meaning as a technical term used by scribes, as suggested by the occurrence of this term in the Praefatio to the Codex Brixianus.
Declension
Attested in only one place in the corpus, but in two manuscripts: Codex Ambrosianus A has the expected genitive singular form ๐ ๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ (wulรพrais), whereas Codex Ambrosianus B has ๐ ๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐น๐ (wulรพris).
| Feminine i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | ๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ wulรพrs |
๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ด๐น๐ wulรพreis |
| Vocative | ๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐ wulรพr |
๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ด๐น๐ wulรพreis |
| Accusative | ๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐ wulรพr |
๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐น๐ฝ๐ wulรพrins |
| Genitive | ๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ wulรพrais |
๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ด wulรพrฤ |
| Dative | ๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ฐ๐น wulรพrai |
๐
๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐น๐ผ wulรพrim |
Related terms
- ๐ ๐ฟ๐ป๐ธ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ (wulรพriza, โmore important, more valuable, more significantโ)
Descendants
- โ Latin: uulthres (single attestation in the Praefatio to Codex Brixianus, where a translation adnotationes is given)
References
- Falluomini, Carla, The Gothic version of the Gospels and Pauline Epistles: cultural background, transmission and character (Berlin/Boston 2015), pp. 105-106, nn. 485, 486.
- Lehmann, Winfred, A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (Leiden 1986) pp. 412-413.