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Gothic 5

Mt 6:5 jah yan bidjaiy ni sijaiy swaswe yai liutans. unte frijond in gaqumyim jah waihstam plapjo tandandans bidjan ei gaumjaindau mannam. amen qiya izwis yatei haband mizdon seina.

KJV: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

RU: И, когда молишься, не будь, как лицемеры, которые любят в синагогах и на углах улиц, останавливаясь, молиться, чтобы показаться перед людьми. Истинно говорю вам, что они уже получают награду свою.

jah = and

yan = we have seen this before in lesson 2.

bidjaiy = ye pray.  No problems, probably cognate to our beads and to German bitten.

ni = negative

sijaiy = subjunctive or imperative; cf. German seid.

swaswe = 'like'; we saw it above lesson 2

yai = 'the'

liutans = must = hypocrites. Connected to German Leute, OE le/ode?

unte = 'for'

frijond = 'they like'.  Probably cognate to our 'friend'.

in gaqumyim = seen above lesson 2.

waihstam = must = corners.

plapjo = 'of the streets'.  Junius would have asked: 'Error for platjo (loan-word from Latin platea)?'

standandans = we are beginning to see how the present participle (-and-) got declined.

bidjan = infinitive of a word we saw above.

ei = more confirmation that it means ut (in order that).

gaumjaindau = 'they may be seen'.  We put the infinitive down as gaumjan and shake our heads in disbelief at the rest. Junius would have been reminded of MHG goumen 'to gawk'.  Could Gothic have a passive subjunctive?

mannam = dat. pl.  No preposition. = 'by men'.

amen, qiya izwis 'amen, I say unto y'all'. No problems.

yatei = yat 'that' + our old friend -ei.

haband = 'they have'.  Infinitive haban, 3d pl. -and. We ARE moving along.

mizdon 'reward'.  Since we know that Gothic -z- = OE -r-, we (remember, we are Junius) are reminded of Northumbrian meord and Lady Mede.  Junius knew some Greek, so heaven only knows how he may have etymologized.

seina = We thought above that Gothic like our (we are Junius) favorite Scandihoovian language, Swedish, actually had a reflexive possessive.  Here we have confirmation, forcing us Germans to hang our heads that we ever gave up such a fine construction.