Plato, the Sophist in Gothic

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I basically try to translate the Sophist from Plato in Gothic with the SOV word order and with what we know of native Gothic syntax. I want to share what I have up to now and ask what you think.
 

 Sijum hēr, Sokrates, swē þast fairnái daga, jah attiuham gasts fram Eleái hidre, saei siponeis Parmenidis jah Zenau ist, jah þagkja pistkeins. 
Sokrates: Nist guþ mais þau manna, Teodorus? Saei qimiþ du unsis huljans swē gasts? Untē Homer qiþiþ ei guþa allái jah þis-hun guþ gaste sind ga-sinþas manne hnaiwe jah manne goþe, jah qimiþ at mannáim guþáim jah mannáim ubilaim. Jah ni sijai ga-sinþa þeins sums mahtē hauhē, guþ, saei qimands du bigitan un-mahts in in-sahtái, jah du us-sukjan unsis? 
Theod: Ni, Sokrates, manna soks nist - ist ufar goþs fáur þamma. Jah, jah muna, ni allis ist guþ, ak gudisk ist, untē ita ist ufar-meli saei giba du alláim þáim sind þagkjas. 
Soc: Goþs abraba, frijonds meins! Jah wiljau ana-áukan ni halis sind swē guþa. Untē þagkjas pistkeinái, at-augjand sik in laudis missa-leikái ni ga-kunnands þáirh manna,
jah "thliuhand ufar baurgim" swaswē Homerus ga-kanneiþ, saiƕans fram himina ana libainai mann; jah sum þagkjand ni waiht....

 

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