A Gothic Grammar

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Braune Wilhelm. A Gothic Grammar

ABBREVIATIONS

FONOLOGY

CHAP. I. THE ALFABET

CHAP. II. THE VOWELS

a

e

i

o

u

ei

iu

ai

au

APPENDIX

CHAP. III. TABLE OF THE GOTHIC VOWELS

A. FONETIC SYSTEM

B. HISTORICAL SYSTEM (Ablaut-Series)

CHAP. IV. THE CONSONANTS

A. SONOROUS CONSONANTS

B. NOIZD SOUNDS

APPENDIX. GENERAL REMARKS ON THE CONSONANTS

INFLECTION

CHAP. I. DECLENSION OF SUBSTANTIVS

GENERAL PRELIMINARY REMARKS

A. VOCALIC (STRONG) DECLENSION

B. N-DECLENSION (WEAK DECLENSION)

C. MINOR DECLENSIONS (REMAINS OF CONSONANTAL DECLENSIONS.)

APPENDIX. DECLENSION OF FOREN WORDS

CHAP. II. DECLENSION OF ADJECTIVS

A. STRONG ADJECTIVS

B. WEAK ADJECTIVS

C. DECLENSION OF THE PARTICIPLS

D. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVS

CHAP. III. NUMERALS

1. CARDINALS

2. ORDINALS

3. OTHER NUMERALS

CHAP. IV. PRONOUNS

1. PERSONAL PRONOUNS WITHOUT GENDER (REFLEXIV)

2. PRONOUNS OF THE THIRD PERSON

3. DEMONSTRATIV PRONOUNS

4. RELATIV PRONOUNS

5. INTERROGATIV PRONOUNS

6. INDEFINIT PRONOUNS

CHAP. V. CONJUGATION

GENERAL REMARKS

I. STRONG VERBS

II. WEAK VERBS

III. IRREGULAR VERBS

CHAP. VI. PARTICLS

1. ADVERBS

2. PREPOSITIONS

3. CONJUNCTIONS

4. INTERJECTIONS

APPENDIX

§ 220. THE GOTHS

§ 221. SOURCES OF THE GOTHIC LANGUAGE

§ 222. EDITIONS

§ 223. GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL HELPS

§ 224. LITERATURE OF THE GOTHIC SYNTAX

SELECTIONS FOR READING

1. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW (CODEX ARGENTEUS)

2. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK (CODEX ARGENTEUS) AIWAGGELJO ÞAIRH MARKU ANASTODEIÞ

3. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE (CODEX ARGENTEUS)

4. FROM THE SECOND EPISTL TO THE CORINTHIANS (CHAPS. I-V IN CODEX AMBR. B; I, 8-IV, 10 AND V ALSO IN CODEX AMBR. A) DU KAURINÞAIUM ANÞARA DUSTODEIÞ

5. FROM THE SKEIREINS (LEAF VII. – ABOUT JOHN VI, 9-13.)101

EXPLANATORY NOTES

I. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW

II. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. MARK

III. FROM THE GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE

IV. FROM THE SECOND EPISTL TO THE CORINTHIANS

V. FROM THE SKEIREINS

GLOSSARY

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§ 1. The monuments of the Gothic language ar handed down to us in a peculiar alfabet which, according to Greek ecclesiastic writers, was invented by Wulfila (s. § 221). The Gothic alfabet, however, is not entirely a new creation, but Wulfila based it on the Greek alfabet which he accomodated to the Gothic sounds, increasing it by several signs from the Latin alfabet, and, in a few cases, availing himself of the familiar runic alfabet. Of the Greek alfabet he also retaind the order and numerical value. The Gothic alfabet is now sufficiently represented in Roman letters. In the following we giv in the first line the original Gothic characters, in the second their numerical values, in the third the transliteration of the Gothic characters by Roman letters, which latter we shall uze exclusivly in this book.

§ 2. Of the 27 characters two hav only numerical values, (§ 1, n. 2), a third, the χ, is retaind only in Greek foren words, especially in the name 'Christus', and denotes no Gothic sound. Hense there remain the following 24 characters whose fonetic values ar to be determind:

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wakan, wôk, wôkum, wakans, to wake; waknan, to awake; wahtwô, f., wach; wôkains, f., a waching; —graban, to dig; grôba, f., pit, hole; graba, f., dich; —fraþjan, frôþ, to understand; fraþi, n., understanding; frôþs, wise; frôdei, f., understanding, wisdom; —hafjan, hôf, to heav (tr.); -hafnan, to heav (intr.); haban, to hav, hold; ungahôbains, f., incontinency; —ôg, I fear; unagands, fearless; ôgjan, to frighten; usagjan, to terrify; agis, n., fear; —sakan, to contend; sakjô, f., strife; sôkjan, to seek; sôkns, f., serch, inquiry; unand-sôks, irrefutabl.

§ 36. Series: ê ô (VII. Ablaut-Series).

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