Explore Ulfilas through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like bishop or interpreter. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ulfilas in a sentence
Ulfilas meaning
Alternative form of Wulfila.
Synonyms of Ulfilas
Using Ulfilas
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of Wulfila.
- Useful related words include: bishop ulfilas, ulfila, bishop ulfila, wulfila.
- In the example corpus, ulfilas often appears in combinations such as: of ulfilas, ulfilas was, ulfilas and.
Context around Ulfilas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ulfilas
- In this selection, "ulfilas" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brought, converting and initial stand out and add context to how "ulfilas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ancestors of ulfilas had also and assistance of ulfilas a goth. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ulfilas" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ulfilas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Debate continues as to the best reconstruction of Ulfilas's life. (11 words)
Auxentius was clearly the closest to Ulfilas and so presumably had access to more reliable information. (16 words)
He brought Ulfilas into the Arian priesthood and sent the latter to convert the heathen Goths. (16 words)
De Bello Gothico IV 32, pp. 241–245 Culture Ostrogoth ear jewels, Metropolitan Museum of Art Of Gothic literature in the Gothic language we have the Bible of Ulfilas and some other religious writings and fragments. (36 words)
According to them, Ulfilas was an orthodox Christian for most of his early life and converted to Ariannism only around 360 because of political pressure from the pro-Arian ecclesiastical and governmental powers. (33 words)
A romantic depiction of Ulfilas converting the Goths to Arianism As a Germanic language, Gothic is a part of the Indo-European language family. (24 words)
Example sentences (10)
According to them, Ulfilas was an orthodox Christian for most of his early life and converted to Ariannism only around 360 because of political pressure from the pro-Arian ecclesiastical and governmental powers.
A romantic depiction of Ulfilas converting the Goths to Arianism As a Germanic language, Gothic is a part of the Indo-European language family.
Auxentius was clearly the closest to Ulfilas and so presumably had access to more reliable information.
Debate continues as to the best reconstruction of Ulfilas's life.
De Bello Gothico IV 32, pp. 241–245 Culture Ostrogoth ear jewels, Metropolitan Museum of Art Of Gothic literature in the Gothic language we have the Bible of Ulfilas and some other religious writings and fragments.
He brought Ulfilas into the Arian priesthood and sent the latter to convert the heathen Goths.
He knew that the ancestors of Ulfilas had also come from Cappadocia, a region with which the Gothic community had always maintained close ties.
The Goths had been converted with the assistance of Ulfilas (a Goth), made bishop on that account.
Ulfilas' initial success in converting this Germanic people to an Arian form of Christianity was strengthened by later events.
Ulfilas was ordained a bishop by Eusebius of Nicomedia and returned to his people to work as a missionary.
Common combinations with ulfilas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of ulfilas 4×
- ulfilas was 2×
- ulfilas and 2×