𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰

From Proto-Germanic *mēnô m, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Cognate to Crimean Gothic mine, Old English mōna m and Old Norse máni m.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.na/

𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 • (mēna) ?

1. (hapax) the Moon (sole natural satellite of the Earth)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 13.24:[1]

     𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐍉 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 𐌽𐌹 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌸 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌸 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽.

     akei in jainans dagans afar þō aglōn jaina sauil riqizeiþ jah mēna ni gibiþ liuhaþ sein.

     But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, (KJV).

Only attested in the nominative singular, which theoretically makes a masculine an-stem and feminine ō-stem equally likely possibilities. A masculine an-stem is nigh-universally assumed, based on the word's Germanic cognates.

• 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 (auzandil, “the morning star”)
• 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil, “the Sun”)
• 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”)
• 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”)

• 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs, “month”)

• 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌻 (tuggl)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 94