𐌾𐌴𐍂

From Proto-Germanic *jērą.

𐌾𐌴𐍂 • (jēr) n

1. year

   Synonym: 𐌰𐌸𐌽𐌰𐌼 (aþnam)

2. a long time

   Synonym: 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 20.9:^[1]

     𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉𐌽: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌷 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌴𐍂𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐌰.

     dugann þan du managein qiþan þō gajukōn: manna ussatida weinagard, jah anafalh ina waurstwjam jah aflaiþ jēra ganōha.

     “A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.” (KJV).

The use of 𐌾𐌴𐍂 as a "long time", which normally means “year,” is exceptional: in Luke 20:9 Ulfilas chose 𐌾𐌴𐍂 to translate χρόνος, showing a rare case where he rendered “time” as a concrete unit rather than a general duration.

• 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “week”)
• 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mēnōþs, “month”)