Re: More Gothic text

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From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: More Gothic text


> Here's another Gothic text to play with, also biblical, but not nearly
> so well known.  Kudos to wulfila.org, who are making the Codex Argenteus
> available in digital form.  Þ = capital thorn, þ = small thorn.
>
> Þata anþar gabidjaiþ jah bi unsis, broþrjus, ei waurd fraujins þragjai jah
> mikiljaidau, swaswe jah at izwis, jah ei uslausjaindau af gastojanaim jah
> ubilaim mannam; ni auk ist allaim galaubeins.  Aþþan triggws frauja saei
> gatulgeiþ izwis jah galausjai izwis af þamma ubilin.  Aþþan gatrauam in
> fraujin in izwis, ei þatei anabudum izwis, jah taujiþ jah taujan habaiþ.
> Ak frauja garaihtjai hairtona izwara in friaþwai gudis jah in usþulainai
> Xristaus.
>
> Aþþan anabiudam izwis, broþrjus, in namin fraujins unsaris Iesuis
> Xristaus, ei gaskaidaiþ izwis af allamma broþre hvairbandane ungatassaba
> jah ni bi anafilham þoei andnemuþ at uns.  [...] ist galeikon unsis,
> unte ni ungatewidai wesum in izwis, silbans auk kunnuþ hvaiwa skuld
> ist galeikon unsis, unte ni ungatewidai wesum in izwis, ni arwjo hlaib
> matidedum at hvamma, ak winnandans arbaidai naht jah daga waurkjandans,
> ei ni kauridedeima hvana izwara.  Ni þatei ni habaidedeima waldufni, ak
> ei uns silbans du frisahtai gebeima izwis du galeikon unsis.  Jah auk
> þan wesum at izwis, þata izwis anabudum, ei jabai hvas ni wili waurkjan,
> ni matjai.
>
> Hausjam auk sumans hvairbandans in izwis ungatassaba, ni waiht
> waurkjandans, ak fairweitjandans.  Þaimuh swaleikaim anabiudam jah
> bidjam in fraujin Iesua Xristau, ei miþ rimisa waurkjandans seinana
> hlaib matjaina.  Aþþan jus, broþrjus, ni wairþaiþ usgrudjans waila
> taujandans.  Iþ jabai hvas ni ufhausjai waurda unsaramma þairh þos
> bokos, þana gatarhjaiþ; ni blandaiþ izwis miþ imma, ei gaskamai sik.
> Jah ni swaswe fijand ina rahnjaiþ, ak talzjaiþ swe broþar.
>
> Aþþan silba frauja gawairþeis gibai izwis gawairþi sinteino in allaim
> stadim; frauja miþ allaim izwis.  So goleins meinai handau Pawlaus, þatei
> ist bandwo ana allaim aipistaulem meinaim; swa melja.  Ansts fraujins
> unsaris Iesuis Xristaus miþ allaim izwis. Amen.
>
Hmm.  One of Paul's letters.  I can spot a few obvious words, like
'broþrjus'(Brothers(VOC)) and 'Iesuis Xristaus'(of Jesus Christ).  I'd guess
'unsaris' is 'of our'(genetive of 'unsar').  Other than that, it's barely
recognisable.

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