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Gothic

Gothic is the earliest substantial record of a Germanic language, best known from the Gothic Bible translation. It’s especially valuable for historical linguistics and for understanding early Germanic sound and morphology.

Dictionaries

• Gothic Bible Lexicon

  • Notes: Includes the text of the Bible; definitions are accessed by clicking words, but they are in German.

• Meso-Gothic Glossary

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: An older book, but useful; PDF download is 6.0 MB.

• Gothic/Greek/German Dictionary

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Many different formats—HTML, PDF, XML, etc. Part of the Wulfila project.

• Online Gothic-English Dictionary

  • Notes: Also has Gothic-English.

• German-Gothic Dictionary

  • Notes: Written in 1890. Not surprisingly, many works on Gothic are in German.

• Gothic Dictionary

  • Notes: Again, written in German.

• Comparative Glossary

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: A very large PDF file, but attention given to English.

• Different Version, Same Glossary

  • Notes: I guess if your name is Balg, you have to study Gothic.

• Etymological Dictionary

  • Notes: Again, it will help to know German. As in, you’ll need to know German in order to read this.

• Glossary of the Gothic Language

  • Notes: German will also help here.

• Comparative Dictionary of Gothic

  • Notes: Written in German.

• Etymology of the Gothic Language

  • Notes: You guessed it, in German.

Grammars

• Gothic Grammar

  • Notes: Reference and lessons, coordinated with Bible passages; fairly comprehensive as well as technical in many parts.

• Wright’s Gothic Grammar

  • Notes: In several formats. Though somewhat inconvenient to navigate, it is worth checking out.

• Gothic Grammar with Readings and Glossary

  • Notes: Translated from the German.

• Gothic Grammar in English

  • Notes: The great Balg translated this one.

• Gothic Grammar in German

  • Notes: The original, in German.

• Another version of this grammar

  • Notes: In German, again.

• Gothic Lessons

  • Notes: Same as the first Gothic grammar above.

• Old Introductory Grammar

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: 17.1 MB PDF file; other filetype options available.

• Gothic Elementary Book

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: Navigate online and get the PDF.

• Gothic Video Introduction

  • Format: Video
  • Notes: An introduction to the language.

• Gothic for Goths Videos

  • Format: Video
  • Notes: A series of video introductions to the language.

• Gothic for Goths Website

  • Notes: The companion site.

• Gothic Language Gulper

  • Notes: A nice intro to the language, with some grammar.

Charts & Aids

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Texts

• Gothic Bible Online

  • Notes: Many passages available, with linked lexicon. A wonderful resource.

• Gothic Bible Manuscripts

  • Notes: Scans of many old manuscripts.

• Codex Argentus Online

  • Notes: More manuscript scans, easy to navigate.

• Small PDF Gothic Bible

  • Format: PDF
  • Notes: From the Wulfila Project.

• Large PDF Gothic Bible

  • Notes: With Greek; some Latin text, and German.

• Gothic and Anglo-Saxon Gospels

  • Notes: In parallel columns.

• Ulfilas

  • Notes: Or, the extant monuments to the Gothic language.

• Gothic Bilingual Bible

  • Notes: With the Greek text.

• Ulfilas: The Holy Text

  • Notes: With the Greek too, it appears.

• Gothic Latin Old and New Testaments

  • Notes: Once again, all good books were written in Latin first.

• The First Germanic Bible

  • Notes: Preface and front matter in English.

• Gospel of Saint Mark

  • Notes: Published in 1882.

• Gothic Holy Gospels

  • Notes: The Four Gospels in Gothic and Latin.

• Other Gothic Manuscripts

  • Notes: Various manuscripts, all online scans.

Other Resources

• Gothic on Wikipedia
  • Notes: [in an old professor’s voice, bitter because his dissertation research took much longer than it would now] “You can’t cite it in a paper!”

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