Ulfilas
Americannoun
noun
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The Goths had no alphabet, so Ulfilas invented one, and then translated the Bible into their rude speech.
From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt
One of the oldest and finest is the so-called Codex Argenteus, or Silver-book, now kept at Upsala, in Sweden, containing portions of the Gospels of the Mæsogothic Bishop Ulfilas.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William
Ulfilas, Bishop, notice of him and of his Gothic translation of the Bible, 181.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
The Gothic language died out in the ninth century, and after the extinction of the great Gothic empires, the translation of Ulfilas was lost and forgotten.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
The author of the Acts of Nicetas speaks of Ulfilas as present at the Council of Nicæa, in company with Theophilus.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
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