Definitions for ulfilasˈʌl fɪ ləs; -lə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ul•fi•lasˈʌl fɪ ləs; -lə(n.)

also Ul•fi•la ; Wulfila

  1. a .d . c311–c382, Christian missionary: translated Bible into Gothic.

    Category: Biography

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ulfilas, Bishop Ulfilas, Ulfila, Bishop Ulfila, Wulfila, Bishop Wulfila(noun)

    a Christian believed to be of Cappadocian descent who became bishop of the Visigoths in 341 and translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic; traditionally held to have invented the Gothic alphabet (311-382)


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