Gothic

Noun

𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 • ‎(kaurn) n

1. corn, grain, seed
   • Gothic Bible, Mark 4.30-32:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸: 𐍈𐌴 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉𐌼 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐍈𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐍉? 𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍀𐌹𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰, 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌹; 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌳𐌰, 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌴 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌽 𐌿𐍆 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐍃 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽.‎

     jah qaþ: ƕē galeikōm þiudangardja gudis, aiþþau in ƕileikai gajukōn gabairam þō? swē kaurnō sinapis, þatei þan saiada ana airþa, minnist allaizē fraiwē ist þizē ana airþai; jah þan saiada, urriniþ jah wairþiþ allaizē grasē maist jah gataujiþ astans mikilans, swaswē magun uf skadau is fuglōs himinis gabauan.

     And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

Declension

Related terms

• 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 ‎(kaurnō)