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OBJECT
BEFORE
CLAIM.

DIRECTLY INSPECTED PRIMARY OBJECT

THE IMAGE WAS CHECKED.

The facsimile verifies written fijandam in the enemies clause. It cannot settle Project Wulfila’s explicit lexical ambiguity between the fijan participle and the lexicalized noun fijands.

Gothicearly 6th centuryproposed

fijan

Codex Argenteus, Luke 1:71

“giban nasein us fijandam unsaraim jah us handau allaize þize hatandane unsis”
WITNESS TYPE
Manuscript
YEAR
510
LOCATOR
DG 1, fol. 123r; facsimile 145; Luke 1:71; line containing “us fijandam unsaraim”
REPOSITORY
Uppsala University Library
SHELFMARK / OBJECT ID
DG 1, fol. 123r
FACSIMILE
Linked below
DIRECT INSPECTION
Yes
CONFIDENCE
proposed
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REPEATABLE VISUAL REVIEW

THE INSPECTION LEDGER

OBSERVED FORMfijandam
“us fijandam unsaraim”
INSPECTION DATE
2026-08-27
METHOD
visual facsimile
INSPECTOR ROLE
SET-U editorial review
EXACT LOCATOR
Codex Argenteus DG 1, fol. 123r, facsimile 145, Luke 1:71, line containing “us fijandam unsaraim”
CLAIM LIMIT
Verifies the written token fijandam in the enemies clause. The pixels do not decide whether the form is the fijan participle or the lexicalized noun fijands, and they do not establish a first use.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENANCE

THE SOURCE BEHIND THE CLAIM

TITLE
Codex Argenteus facsimile 145 — folio 123r, Luke 1:69–77
AUTHOR
Uppsala University Library · Project Codex Argenteus Online
YEAR
1927
PUBLISHER
Project Codex Argenteus Online
SOURCE TYPE
digitized primary source
CITATION KEY
codex-argenteus-123r