DICTIONARY of the BIBLICAL GOTHIC LANGUAGE DICTIONARY of the BIBLICAL GOTHIC LANGUAGE by Brian T. Regan, Ph.D. Í'i'v - L , r A U K J WELLSPRING BOOKS Any notification to the author of significant typographical or other errors discovered in this book by readers will be deeply appreciated. Please address to the author in care of: Wellspring Books 2218 East Magnolia Phoenix, Arizona 85034 c 1974 by Brian T. Regan, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Published by Wellspring Books 2218 East Magnolia Phoenix, Arizona 85034 Manufactured in the United States of America International Standard Book Number: 0-89019-000-3 Library of Congress Catalog Card Numbed 74-4907 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION, vii I: The Headword, ix II: Phonological and Etymological Identification, x III: Verb Class Identification, xi IV: Abbreviations for Parsing, xi V: The Effect of Prefixes on Listing Arrangement, xi VI: Names, xiii VII: Definitions of Specialized Terms used in this Dictionary, xiv VIII: References to Different Gothic Texts, xv IX: Abbreviations, xvi X: Treatment of the English Glosses, xix XI: Transliteration of the Greek Alphabet, xix XII: Acknowledgments, xx XIII: Dedication, xx The Gothic Alphabet, xxi DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLICAL GOTHIC LANGUAGE, 1 APPENDIX: THE CLASSICAL SOURCES ON WULFILA AND ON THE GOTHIC BIBLICAL TRANSLATION, 161 1. The Reports regarding Wulfila. A. Arian Sources. 1. Auxentius. (GoBbl xiv), 163 2. Philostorgios. (GoBbl xix), 170 B. Athanasian (Orthodox Catholic) Sources. Greek: 1. Socrates Scholasticus. (GoBbl xx), 171 2. Sozomen. (GoBbl xxi), 173 3. Theodoret. (GoBbl xxiii), 175 Latin: 1. Jordanes. (GoBbl xxiv), 176 2. Isidore of Seville. (GoBbl xxiv), 176 3. Walahfrid Strabo [“The Squinter”]. (GoBbl xxv), 177 (continued overleaf) 2. The Text of the Gothic Bible and the Original Text Underlying the Translation (the Vorlage). A. The Original Text. I. The Old Testament. a. ) From the Preface to the Paralipomenon, or Books of Chronicles, of the Vulgate Old Testament; A.D. 395. (GoBbl xxxi), 177 b. From Saint Jerome’s Letter to the Gothic Clergymen, Sunja and Friþila, on Divergencies of Jerome’s Latin Psalter from the Septuagint; A.D. 403. (GoBbl xxxi-ii), 178 II. The New Testament. From Saint Jerome’s Preface to the Four Gospels, Addressed to Pope Damasus; A.D. 383. (GoBbl xxxv), 179 B. The Gothic Text and the “Old Latin” (pre-Jerome) Bible: the Gospels. The Preface to the Brixian (modem: “Brescian”) “Old Latin” Text. (GoBbl xlii), 179 Footnotes to the Appendix, 181 vi