Gothic

Alternative forms

• 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 ‎(friaþwa)

Noun

𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 • ‎(frijaþwa) f

1. love, affection
2. (Christianity) charity, agape
   • Gothic Bible, Corinthians I 13.4-7:

     𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄, 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌸; 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐌽𐌹 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌰, 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌸, 𐌽𐌹 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐌽, 𐌽𐌹 𐌹𐌽𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌳𐌰, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻, 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌹, 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌹; 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌸𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸, 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸, 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌸.‎

     friaþwa usbeisneiga ist, sēls ist: friaþwa ni aljanōþ; friaþwa ni flauteiþ, ni ufblēsada, ni aiwiskōþ, ni sōkeiþ sein ain, ni ingramjada, nih mitōþ ubil, nih faginōþ inwindiþai, miþfaginōþ sunjai; allata þulaiþ, allata galaubeiþ, all wēneiþ, all gabeidiþ.

     Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. (KJV)

Declension

Derived terms

• 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 ‎(friaþwamilds)

Related terms

• 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽 ‎(frijōn, “to love”)

Antonyms

• 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 ‎(fijaþwa)