πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ

Gothic

Etymology

Substantivized from the present participle of *𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*dagan, β€œto dawn”), which derives from Proto-Germanic *dagānΔ…. Equivalent to *𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (*dagan) +β€Ž -πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ (-ands).

Noun

πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ β€’ (dagands) m

  1. (Christianity, epithet of God, hapax legomenon) day-bringer, dawn-bringer
    • 6th century, anonymous author, folio 2 verso (after Falluomini 2017), lines 11-12:
      ... 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹 π…πŒΉπŒ»πŒ³πŒ° 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 πƒπŒΊπŒ°π€[𐌰] 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳 ...
      ... akei ni wilda galaubjan skap[a] jah dagand ...
      ... if I did not want to believe in the Creator and dawn-bringer ...

Declension

Masculine nd-stem
singular plural
nominative πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ
dagands 		πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ
dagands
vocative 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳
dagand 		πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ
dagands
accusative 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳
dagand 		πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πƒ
dagands
genitive πŒ³πŒ°πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πŒ³πŒΉπƒ
dagandis 		𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴
dagandΔ“
dative 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳
dagand 		𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌼
dagandam

References

  • Carla Falluomini, "Zum gotischen Fragment aus Bologna II: Berichtigungen und neue Lesungen", Zeitschrift fΓΌr deutsches Altertum und Literatur 146.3 (2017) pp. 284-294.
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