𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“excited, agitated, angry”) (compare Middle Dutch woet, Old High German wuot, Old Norse óðr), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-ós, from *weh₂t- (“excited, possessed”) (compare Latin vātēs (“seer, prophet”), Old Irish fáith (“seer”), Welsh gwawd (“song”)).

• IPA^(key): /woːθs/

𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 • (wōds)

1. possessed by a devil
   • Mark 5:15–18:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍉𐌽, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍉𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌴𐍈𐌿𐌽, 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌸 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌱𐌹 𐌸𐍉 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌺𐍉𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐍃. 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 𐌱𐌰𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃, 𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹.

     jah atiddjēdun du iēsua jah gasaiƕand þana wōdan sitandan jah gawasidana jah fraþjandan þana saei habaida laigaiōn, jah ōhtēdun. jah spillōdēdun im þaiei gasēƕun, ƕaiwa warþ bi þana wōdan jah bi þō sweina. jah dugunnun bidjan ina galeiþan hindar markōs seinōs. jah inngaggandan ina in skip baþ ina, saei was wōds, ei miþ imma wēsi.

     And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. (KJV)

The expected, normalized spelling of this word, 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐍃 (wōþs), is not attested.

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 178