Gothic (and Anglo-Saxon) Words

Guth, Guþ - God (using the thorn þ character) - a pagan idol
Goths were then those who sacrificed i.e. poured out libations (drink offerings of wine) to the idol - Gutha - God
goda - good
gulth - gold
mann - man
dauthans - dead
weihan - fight (consecrate)
weiha - priest
weihs - holy
witoþ - law, knowledge (of right and wrong) i.e. wit

ahma - spirit - based upon a Teutonic root - ah - "to suppose, think",  aha - "understanding", ahjan - "to believe"

arma - pitiable, alms (giving) from Hebrew "almah" - maiden, Latin "almus" - fostering, and Greek - "eleemosyne" (pronounced e-le-a-mo-su-na)
 
saiwala - soul - thought to be derived from saius, sea (of emotions), moving waters, in German seele

sunja - truth
sunjeins - true

skulan, skel - shall - under obligation, debts

aflet - forgive (let off)

kara - care
lisanda - gather
himinam - heaven

ya - yes
ne - no
swaran - swear
sibun - seven

thi-udos - "the-ode" - Anglo-Saxon, all the peoples, and as a very old farming term "all the udders (others)"
translated as "gentes" - Latin Vulgate (gentles), "getyls" - Tyndale, gentiles
"heathens" - Wycliffe, also Ulfilas in Mark 7:26 replacing the word "Greek", a country dweller, a "heath" dweller or heathen
Another Roman word was pagan ultimately from "impinge", "impact", "impale" or "pole" ie setting up stakes or boundaries around a country district.
See the term beyond the pale


"Frauya" - "Freyr" - "Freedom" (from war) - The god who bestowed peace upon mortals, a revered ancestor, translated as "Drihten" - Warlord or Director in Anglo-Saxon, "Lord" in Wycliffe, "Master" in Tyndale

"Iesus" - Latin Vulgate, "Jesus / Iesus" - Gothic, "Haeland" - Saviour or Healer in Anglo-Saxon, "Jhesus" - Wycliffe, "Jesus" - Tyndale

Further Anglo-Saxon words 
God
godan - good
gadria - gather
halig - holy
heofonum - heaven
gaste - spirit
lage - law (similar to "lag" - tired out, "log" - fallen tree, "last", "late" also Latin "lex", German "liege")
riht - just, right
sawle - soul
swere - swear

Hyt (it's) ya - yes
Hyt (it's) nys - no

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