𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃

From 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) + the root of 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 (unfaurs, “gossipy, tattling”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈfɔːrs/

𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃 • (gafaurs)

1. well-behaved, sober
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Timothy 3:2:

     𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻 𐌽𐌿 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌿𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽, 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌶𐍉𐍃 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐌱𐌰, 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍃, 𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍃, 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃;

     skal nu aipiskaupus ungafairinōnds wisan, ainaizōs qēnais aba, andaþahts, gariuds, frōþs, gafaurs, gastigōds, laiseigs;

     A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (KJV)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, 1 Timothy 3:11:

     𐌵𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍉𐍃, 𐌽𐌹 𐌳𐌹𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌻𐍉𐍃, 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃, 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰.

     qinōns samaleikō gariudōs, ni diabulōs, gafaurjōs, triggwōs in allamma.

     Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (KJV)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 42