π…πŒΉπŒ»πŒΎπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒΈ

Gothic

Etymology

From π…πŒΉπŒ»πŒΎπŒ° (wilja, β€œwill, desire”) +β€Ž *π‚πŒΉπŒΈ (*riΓΎ, β€œcounsel”) cf. Vandalic *rith, original East Germanic [e:] shifting to [i] in unstressed positions, in parallel with Greek and Latin iotacism[1]. Cognate with Old English WilrΗ£d.

Proper noun

π…πŒΉπŒ»πŒΎπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒΈ β€’ (wiljariΓΎm

  1. a male given name, Viliaric[2]
    • Naples Deed, c. 550 AD:
      𐌹𐌺 π…πŒΉπŒ»πŒΎπŒ°π‚πŒΉπŒΈ πŒ±π‰πŒΊπŒ°π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπƒ 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹 πŒΏπ†πŒΌπŒ΄πŒ»πŒΉπŒ³πŒ° 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌼 πƒπŒΊπŒΉπŒ»πŒ»πŒΉπŒ²πŒ²πŒ°πŒ½πƒ ·𐌾· ...
      ik wiljariΓΎ bōkareis handau meinai ufmΔ“lida jah andnΔ“mum skilliggans Β·jΒ· ...
      I, WiljariΓΎ the scribe, signed by hand, and we received sixty shillings ...

References

  1. ^ Onesti, Nicoletta Francovich (2013) β€œTracing the Language of the Vandals”, in Goti e Vandali: Dieci saggi di lingua e cultura medievali [Goths and Vandals. Ten Essays of Early Medieval Language and Culture], Rome: Editoriale Artemide, β†’OL, page 179
  2. ^ Berndt, Guido M. (15 April 2016) Arianism: Roman Heresy and Barbarian Creedβ€Ž[1], Routledge, β†’ISBN