Chapter III: From the Gospel of St. Luke

Chap. II. 1. =warþ...urrann=; asyndetic constructions with =warþ= ar quite common in Gothic.--=in dagans jainans=; for the acc. we should rather hav expected the dat. of the Grk. text. 2. =at raginôndin Kyreinaiau=; abl. abs. introduced by =at= (S., 120).--=Saúrim=; dat. (pl.) guvernd by =raginôndin= (S., 38; 52, 3, n.). 3. =ei mêlidai= (pp. Gr., 134) =wêseina=; a final clause for the inf. in Grk.--=ƕarjizuh in seinai baúrg= (dat. Gr., 116); belongs to =mêlidai=: _every one (of all that went) in his own city_. 4. =Galeilaia...Nazaraíþ= (indecl.); both stand for the dat. (Gr., 120 and notes).--=sei=; for =si-ei= (Gr., 157, n. 3). 5. =anamêljan= (for the inf. pass. in Grk.) to enrol (himself).--=sei was imma qeins= (for =qêns=, Gr., 7, n. 2), _who was to him a wife_, i. e. _who was his wife_ (S., 35, (1)); the rel. clause stands for the Grk. art. with a ptc.--=wisandein inkilþôn= (w. adj. uzed as sb. in the predicate); in apposition with =Mariin=. 6. =warþ ...usfullnôdêdun=; see verse 1.--=þô=; nom. pl. n. of =sa=, referring to two persons of different gender (Joseph and Mary. S., 8).--=du baíran= (for τοῦ τεκεῖν. Cp. the Latin: tempus est abire, for the gen. of the gerund).--=izai=; dat. of advantage after =usfullnôdêdun= (S. 47). 7. =uzêtin=; dat. after =galagida in=; see Mt. V, 20.--=im=; dat. of possession after =was= (S., 35).--=rûmis=; gen. as subj.: _of room_, i. e. _room_ (S., 25, n. 2). 8. =wahtwôm=; dir. obj. after =witandans= (S., 40).--=nahts= (Gr., 116), adv. gen. (S., 30), _by night_. 9. =agisa mikilamma=; see Mk. V, 42. 10. =waírþiþ=; for ἔσται.--=allai managein=; poss. dat., as in verse 7. 11. =himma daga=; adv. frase (S., 53, (2)), _this day_. 12. =þata=; subj. prns. are not subject to agreement with pred. sbs. (S., 7).--=bigitid= (=d= for =þ= is very common in this gospel. Gr., 74, 1); for the Grk. fut. (S., 86, (3)).--=biwundan.. galagid= (=d= for =þ=, as abuv); acc. sg. n. of the pp. (Gr., 134). 13. =warþ=, _was_, lit. _became, appeard_: it is the pred. (in the sing.) of the collectiv noun =managei= (S., 5. Cp. Mk. V, 32).--=harjis h.=; gen. after =managei=.--=hazjandanê..qiþandanê= (Gr., 133); attributiv ptcs. agreeing w. =harjis= in gender and number (in sense. S., 5 and 9, n. 1). 14. =in háuhistjam=, _in the highest_, for ἐν ὑψίστοις.--=guþa= (sc. =sijai=); dat. of possession (S., 35). 15. =himin=; dat. guvernd by =galiþun in=; see Mk. V, 20.--=þai haírdjôs=; in apposition (S., 11) with =mans= (Gr., 117).--=þaírhgaggaima ...saíƕaima=; 1st pers. pl. of the hort. opt., for the more common 1st pers. pl. imper. (S., 91, n. 1). 18. =im=; refers to =allai= (S., 61). 19. =þagkjandei=; prsp. fem. (in =-ei=. Gr., 133): _pondering_ (sc. _them_). 20. =in allaizê þizêei=, _because of all that which_, the rel. prn. (Gr., 157) being assimilated to the case of its antecedent (S., 71). verse 6. 21. =jah biþê...= _and when_--=du bimaitan ina=; cp. verse 6.--=....jah=; introduces the principal clause, and remains untranslated. We might rather expect =þan= which is uzually found after temporal clauses introduced by =biþê=.--=namô is=; subj. =...Iêsus=; pred. nom. with =haitan was= (S., 13, b, β).--=þata qiþanô=; refers to =namô=.--=wêsi=; opt. in a temporal clause (S., 100); so always with =faúrþizei= (S., 100, n.). 22. =atsatjan=; sc. =ina=. 23. =ƕazuh= (Gr., 164); uzed substantivly, and followd by the partitiv gen.--=weihs=; predicate adj. with =haitada= (cp. 21, abuv).--=fraujins=; guvernd by =weihs= (S., 22). 24. =ei gêbeina=; prt. opt. in a final clause (S., 96, b), while the coordinate =atsatjan= (in verse 22) is an 'inf.' of purpose (S., 114).--=fram imma=, _on his behalf_ (cp. Mk. I, 44; II Cor. V, 12).--=juggôns=; adj. uzed as sb., followd by a partitiv gen. (S., 21). 25. =þaruh=; for καὶ ἰδοῦ, _and behold_.--=sa=; dem. prn. =laþônais=; obj. gen. after =beidands= (S., 26). 27. =alh=; dat. (Gr., 116) guvernd by =qam in=; see Mt. V, 20.--=ina=; refers to the natural gender of =barn=, as in verse 28, and elsewhere. 28. =guþa=; dat. guvernd by =þiuþida= (S., 45). 29. =fraleitais= (=ei= for =ê=. Gr., 7, n. 2); opt. proper (S., 91, (1)). 32. =þiudôm= (for ἐθνῶν); dat. of advantage after =andhuleinai=, like =managein= (for λαοῦ) =þeinai= after =wulþu= (S., 34).--=Israêla=; in apposition with =managein= (S., 11). 33. =sildaleikjandôna=; nom. pl. n., referring to two living beings of different gender (S., 9, n. 3). 34. =ina=; the Grk. text has αὐτούς.--=sa=; dem. prn. 35. =þeina saiwala=; the obj. of =þaírhgaggiþ=.--=silbôns= (always weak. Gr., 156); intensiv (like the Lt. 'ipsius' preceded by a poss. prn. and followd by the sb.), its gender being that of the noun or prn. to which it refers (here =Mariin=). 36. =sôh= (for =sô-uh=); a compd. dem. (Gr., 154), for αὕτη.--=dagê managaizê=; emfatic gen. w. =framaldra= (S., 22).--=jêra sibun=; acc. of extent of time (S., 15, n. 2, β). 37. =sôh þan=, _and this, and she_ (sc. _was_).--=ahtáutêhund jah fidwôr=; uninflected (Gr., 143) attribute to =jêrê=.--=sôh=; here for ἥ.--=fastubnjam...bidôm=; instr. dat. of manner (S., 52, (6)).--=blôtandê= (=ê= for =ei=, fem. ending of the prsp. Gr., 17, n. 1, and 133).--=nahtam jah dagam=; loc. dat. of time (S., 53, (2)), like =þizai ƕeilai= in the next verse. 38. =andhaíhait= with the dat. (=fraujin=), _to giv thanks to_ (S., 45).--=in allaim= (=in= being added by Wulfila), _among all_ (without =in=, =allaim= would be the indir. obj. after =rôdida=); =allaim= is attribute to the ptc. =usbeidandam=, which is uzed substantivly, but with a dir. obj. (S., 15, n. 2), =laþôn=, _redemption_. 40. =ahmins..handugeins=; instr. genitivs guvernd by =fullnands=, _becuming fild with spirit and wisdom_ (S., 27). 41. =jêra ƕammêh= (Gr., 164, a); loc. dat. of time (S., 53, (2)): _every year_.--=at dulþ= (acc. Gr., 116) =paska= (indecl. attribute), _at the feast of the passover_; =at= with the acc. always denotes time. 42. 43. =usgaggandam þan im...jah ustiuhandam=; dat. abs. (S., 119), _when they then_ (=þan= referring to the preceding clause) _went up ... and when they had fulfild_.--=miþþanê= (=ê= for =ei=, as in 37) =gawandidêdun sik aftra=, _as they returnd_, lit.: _as they turnd themselvs back_.--=wissêdun=; here the pl. occurs in an abridged compound sentence (S. 1, n.), sumtimes the sing. (S., 5, n. 1). 44. =hugjandôna=; n. pl., as in verse 33.--=ina wisan=; acc. and inf. guvernd by =hugjandôna= (S., 112).--=dagis= (adnominal gen. S., 20) =wig= (acc. of extent of space. S., 15, n. 2, β), _a day's way, a day's jurney_.--=kunþam=; weak dat. of =kunþs= (uzed as sb. Gr., 132). 46. =warþ=; see verse 1.--=in midjaim laisarjaim=, _in the midst of the teachers_ (cp. the Lt. 'in media urbe').--=im=; dat. guvernd by =hausjandan=, _hearing_, i. e. _listening to_ (S., 45). 47. =is=, _him_, lit. _of him_; obj. gen. guvernd by =hausjandans= (S., 26).--=ana frôdein=; depends on =usgeisnôdêdun=. 48. =magau=; voc. for =magu= (Gr., 105, n. 2).--=ƕa=; acc. of specification (S., 15, 2, b, n. 2, α): _why?_--=uns=; dat. of the indir. obj. (S., 37).--=sôkidêdum=; here and in verse 49 we should rather hav expected the dual (S., 5, n. 4). The subj. being of different persons, the first person is preferd (S., 5, n. 2). 49. =in þaim attins meinis=; so-calld elliptic expressions like this ar also common in Grk., a noun signifying 'things' or the like being understood with the art.: _in_, or _about, the things of my father_. As a matter of fact, however, =attins meinis= shows the orig. adj. force of the gen. which is here uzed substantivly (S., 19, and 68, (3)). 50. =ija=; nom. pl. n. (Gr., 152), referring to Joseph and Mary; see verse 6.--=þamma waúrda=; loc. dat. guvernd by =frôþun= (S., 53, (1), p. 254; and cp. n. 2, p. 255), prt. of =fraþjan= (Gr., 177, n. 2). 51. =im=; dat. after =ufhausjands= (S., 38). 52. =frôdein..wahstau..anstai=; loc. dats. of specification (S., 53, 1, c).