Wulfila
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Their leader, Wulfila, chose a translation for “Lord”, frauja, that meant something like the head of a household.
From Economist
All these texts are written in a special character, which is said to have been invented by Wulfila.
From Project Gutenberg
In the Gothic alone, of all the great Teutonic dialects,—the language into which Bishop Wulfila translated the Scriptures in the fourth century,—the cognate equivalent of our English mother does not appear.
From Project Gutenberg
Other tribes chose a word more suitable for a military chieftain—as would the Goths, one might think, but it seems Wulfila wanted to wean his people off marauding.
From Economist
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