𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃

Gothic

FWOTD – 31 July 2020

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *insahtiz, equivalent to 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (insakan) +‎ -𐌸𐍃 (-þs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈsaxts/

Noun

𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 • (insahts) f

1. narrative, presentation
2. declaration, view
   • Skeireins 5:5:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌽𐌿 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌹 𐌱𐌹 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹, 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹𐌼 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌰𐌼, 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌳𐌹?

     iþ nu ains jah sa sama wēsi bi sabailliaus insahtai, missaleikaim bandwiþs namnam, ƕaiwa stōjan jah ni stōjan sa sama mahtēdi?

     But now, if He were One and the Same signified under different names, as according to Sabellius' declaration, how could this same One Judge and not judge? (Bennett's translation)

Declension

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 insahts	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 insahteis
Vocative	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄 insaht	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 insahteis
Accusative	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄 insaht	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌽𐍃 insahtins
Genitive	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍃 insahtais	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴 insahtē
Dative	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌹 insahtai	𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹𐌼 insahtim

Related terms

• 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (insakan)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 68