Ulfilas

[ uhl-fi-luh s ]

/ ˈʌl fɪ ləs /

noun

a.d. c311–c382, Christian bishop to the Goths: translated Bible into the Gothic language.

Also Ul·fi·la

[uhl-fi-luh] /ˈʌl fɪ lə/, Wulfila.

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Examples from the Web for ulfilas

Low as they had fallen, they could still count among them the great name of Ulfilas.
The Arian Controversy|H. M. Gwatkin
It was the outstanding merit of Ulfilas that he translated the Bible into Gothic.
Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories|Anonymous
They still held to the primitive faith taught them by Ulfilas and their Gothic Bible.
Spain|Frederick Albion Ober
They had never learned from the Goths of Ulfilas anything about Christianity.
Introductory American History|Henry Eldridge Bourne

There was a Gothic translation of the Bible, which is supposed to have been made in the fourth century by Ulfilas.
The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation|Ernst Von Dobschutz

British Dictionary definitions for ulfilas

Ulfilas

Ulfila (ˈʊlfɪlə) or Wulfila

/ (ˈʊlfɪˌlæs) /

noun

?311–?382 ad, Christian bishop of the Goths who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic

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