𐌼𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍅𐍂

Borrowed from Latin martyr (per Lehmann) or directly from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur).

𐌼𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍅𐍂 • (martwr) m

1. (Christianity) martyr

The only attested form is 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐍅𐍄𐍂𐌴 (marwtrē) (twice, in the Gothic Calendar), a scribal error for the genitive plural 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍅𐍂𐌴 (martwrē). The exact declension is uncertain; loanwords often decline somewhat unpredictably. The nominative singular used here as a lemma follows Lehmann.

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “M32. *martwr”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 246
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 92