[gothic-l] Creed of Wulfila in Gothic

[Marja Erwin marja-e@riseup.net [gothic-l]]

Either unbegotten or only-unbegotten.

> On Feb 22, 2015, at 7:44 AM, Weidemyr Basti setiez at yahoo.com [gothic-l] <gothic-l at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> > Galaubja du ainamma guda attin, ainahamma unainabaura jah unanasiunamma...
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> The word "unainabaura" caught my attention as it seems to say that God the Father was not "only-begotten". Should the "aina" part be there or was it a copy-paste-error?
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> I would try to construct it as a past participle of bairan, used as an adjective, which is bauran+personal ending according to the a-declension, which in dative is -a, which yields "unbaurana". I considered John 9:2 and  http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/gotol-3-X.html .
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> /Basti
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