𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽

Forms

𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (straujan), a weak verb of the first class, with the preterite 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰 (strawida).^[1][2] The only recorded form is the third person plural preterite 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 (strawidedun).^[2][3] The thing strewn stands in the instrumental dative.^[1]

Etymology

It is inherited from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”),^[4][5] a verb derived from the noun Proto-Germanic *strawan (“straw”), whose original meaning Orel takes to be "something spread out".^[5][6] The cognates are Old English strēowian, Old Frisian strewa, Old Saxon strōian and Old High German strewen, strouwen; Old Norse strá is a new formation after the preterite.^[6][5][7] The root is related to Latin struō (“to pile up, build”) and to the perfect strāvī of sternō (“to spread out”).^[8][6][9] Feist and Uhlenbeck take the form with -u- as an extension of the root seen in sternō and Ancient Greek στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to spread”).^[8][7]

Attestation

The two records are both in Mark 11:8, manuscript CA.^[3][2] PROIEL aligns the verb with Ancient Greek στρωννύω (strōnnúō).^[10] The verse reads managai þan wastjom seinaim strawidedun ana wiga, "many spread their garments on the road".^[11]

Meanings

1. to strew, to spread (something, in the dative) by scattering, for Ancient Greek στρωννύω (strōnnúō).^[1][2][12]

Word family

• 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gastraujan, “to cover, furnish”)
• 𐌿𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufstraujan, “to spread beneath”)

References

1. ^ a b c Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910), Die gotische Bibel, II: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch, Heidelberg: Winter, p. s.v. straujan
2. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Gotisches Wörterbuch, 4th ed., online, koeblergerhard.de/wikiling, p. s.v. straujan* 2
3. ^ a b De Herdt, Tom (2004–2026), Project Wulfila: digital edition of the Gothic Bible with lemma and morphological annotation, data release 2026-09-03, wulfila.be
4. ^ Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org, p. s.v. 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽
5. ^ a b c Orel, Vladimir (2003), A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden / Boston: Brill, p. s.v. *strawjanan
6. ^ a b c Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the third edition of Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache by Sigmund Feist, Leiden: Brill, p. s.v. straujan
7. ^ a b Uhlenbeck, C. C. (1900), Kurzgefasstes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache, 2nd ed., Amsterdam: Müller, p. s.v. straujan
8. ^ a b Feist, Sigmund (1939), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gotischen Sprache, 3rd ed., Leiden: Brill, p. s.v. straujan
9. ^ Holthausen, Ferdinand (1934), Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Heidelberg: Winter, p. s.v. straujan
10. ^ Haug, Dag T. T. et al., PROIEL Treebank: The Gothic Bible (gothic-nt), 2023 release, Pragmatic Resources in Old Indo-European Languages, University of Oslo
11. ^ De Herdt, Tom (2004–2026), Project Wulfila: digital edition of the Gothic Bible with lemma and morphological annotation, data release 2026-09-03, wulfila.be, p. Mk 11:8
12. ^ Regan, Brian T. (1974), Dictionary of the Biblical Gothic Language, Phoenix: Wulfila House, p. 144