𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽

Uncertain; see Lehmann 1986: 265; 332-333 for a more complete overview.

• The only attested form of this word, 𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍅𐍉𐍂 (naiswōr) was read as 𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍅 (naiw) by some early scholars, but that reading is now considered to be erroneous and the verb which was hypothesized to exist based on it is now widely considered a ghost word.
• Some have read the prefix of this word as an alteration or misspelling of 𐌽𐌹 (ni);
• Others consider the first element to be 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 (naus, “corpse”), rendering the meaning of the compound as to swear to death, that is, to swear or wish death upon another.
• Finally, some have read the first element as the prefix 𐌹𐌽- (in-) altered by some means or another, perhaps a scribal mistake. This would make the term an exact calque of Ancient Greek ἐνέχω (enékhō), which this Gothic word happens to translate.

𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌽 • (naiswaran)

1. (hapax legomenon) to grudge

• Lehmann, Winfred, A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (Leiden 1986)