𐍄𐌹𐌻

Gothic

Etymology

Occurring only once in the accusative, the exact form and context of this word are not sufficient to determine its part of speech and etymology. There are two options:

• Either it is an a-stem neuter (corresponding to Proto-Germanic *tilą) or masculine (*tilaz) noun; compare also the Kovel spearhead inscription and perhaps German Ziel,
• Or it is the (here substantivized) accusative strong neuter form of the a-stem adjective *𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (*tils) (corresponding to *tilaz) which is found also in 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (gatils).

Following Lehmann, the first option is here taken as a lemma.

Noun

𐍄𐌹𐌻 • (til) n

1. something fitting or suitable (attested only as an accusative singular; plausibly not a noun at all)
   • Gothic Bible, Luke 6.7:

     𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌴𐌹𐍃, 𐌾𐌰𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌹, 𐌴𐌹 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌴𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍄𐌹𐌻 𐌳𐌿 𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰.

     witaidēdunuh þan þai bōkarjōs jah fareisaieis, jau in sabbatō daga leikinōdēdi, ei bigēteina til du wrōhjan ina.

     And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find something suitable to accuse him.

Related terms

• 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (gatils)
• 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (untilamalsks)