𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰

From Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”) + -𐍃𐌽𐌰 (-sna).

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ʍaz.na/

𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 • (arƕazna) f

1. (hapax) missile (air-based weapon), arrow, dart
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Epistle to the Ephesians (Codex Ambrosianus A) 6.16:[1]

     𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌰𐌻𐌻 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍃, 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌴𐌹 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐍉𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽;

     ufar all andnimandans skildu galaubeinais, þammei maguþ allōs arƕaznōs þis unsēljins funiskōs afƕapjan;

     Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. (KJV).

• 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”)

• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus, “sword”)
• 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis, “shortsword”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986), “A194. *arƕazna”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 42
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 12