[gothic-l] Questions about Matthew 5:21, 5:23 and 5:33

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Hailai allai, þishun Konrad.

About the three Gothic words:

Airizam is the easiest to deal with. It is the dative plural of an unattested 
nominative airiza, an adjective meaning earlier or older. Being a 
comparative, it is always declined weak, which is why the dative plural is 
not airizaim. The editorial accent on the initial sound is put on the "a". 
The word is related to the "ear" of the English word early, but the only 
other form of the adjective found in Gothic is the genitive plural airizane, 
which occurs twice in Luke. Two other related forms are the adverbs "air", 
meaning early, and "airis", meaning earlier.

Aibr is more obscure, and some have maintained that it should be read from 
the manuscript as tibr or as taibr. However that may be, it translates the 
Greek "doron", and in its context means "offering".

The last of the three words was kintu, which is the accusative of kintus, a 
strong masculine noun presumably declined like sunus, though actually a 
loanword from Latin.

Gerry T.

The original question was as follows:

Matthew 5:21 reads:

Háusidéduþ þatei qiþan ist þáim "airizam" ni maúrþrjáis, iþ saei 
maúrþreiþ skula waírþiþ stauái.

The dative form "airizam" does not occur in my dictionary. Do any of 
you know what the nominitive form of this word is? Is there only an 
adjectival form extant? Is it "ái" or "aí"? I understand the word 
from the context, but wonder what its primary meaning is. 

Matthew 5:23 reads:

Jabái nu baíráis "aibr" þein du hunslastada jah jáinar gamuneis 
þatei bróþar þeins habáiþ hva bi þuk.

The word "aibr" also does not occur in my dictionary. It´s clearly 
an accus. sg. neut. and means something like "offering", but what is 
its primary dictionary meaning and declension? Is it "ái" or "aí"?

Also, what about "kindu" in Matthew 5:26. It´s an accus. sg. masc., 
but does not occur in my dictionary. "airizam" also occurs in 
Matthew 5:33, but in the same case and construct: "þáim airizam".

Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Konrad. 

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