𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *azaniz (“harvest”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *(j)esenь.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sans/

𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 • (asans) f

1. harvest (yield of harvesting)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Matthew 9:37:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌵𐌰𐌸 𐌳𐌿 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌼 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌼: 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐌹𐍃 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰, 𐌹𐌸 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹.

     þanuh qaþ du sipōnjam seinaim: asans raihtis managa, iþ waurstwjans fawai.

     Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; (KJV).

2. harvest (season of gathering the ripened crop)
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 4:29:

     𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌿𐌷 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌴 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌰 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽, 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌸 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     þanuh biþē atgibada akran, suns insandeiþ gilþa, untē atist asans.

     But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. (KJV).

3. summer (hottest season)

   Holonym: 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr)

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Mark 13:28:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍆 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐍉 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉𐌽. 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 𐌸𐌺𐌰𐌵𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹𐌸, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐍃, 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     aþþan af smakkabagma ganimiþ þō gajukōn. þan þis juþan asts þkaqus wairþiþ, jah uskeinand laubōs, kunnuþ þatei nēƕa ist asans.

     Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: (KJV).

• 𐌰𐍃𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (asneis, “hireling”)

• → Occitan: guazanh, gasanh

• 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “206. asans”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 44
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 13