𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻

Gothic

FWOTD – 9 March 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz. Cognate with Old English ēarendel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.zan.dil/

Proper noun

𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 • (auzandil) m

2. (hapax) the morning star: Venus, Lucifer
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Book of Isaiah 14.12, (quoted on folio 2 recto (after Falluomini 2017) of the Gothica Bononiensia sermon):

     𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐌿𐍃𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌿𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 𐍃𐌰 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 ...

     ƕaiwa usdraus us himina auzandil sa in maurgin urrinnanda ...

     How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! ... (Brenton Septuagint Translation).

Usage notes

• While the reading is difficult due to the manuscript being a recently-discovered (2009) palimpsest, the suggestion by P. A. Kerkhof is followed by various experts (e.g. Schuhmann and Falluomini) and so far apparently unopposed by others.
• Renders Koine Greek ἑωσφόρος (heōsphóros) from the Septuagint.
• It is not entirely clear why the expected nominative -s is missing, but compare other names attested from Ostrogothic Italy such as 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱 (gudilub) and 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌸 (wiljariþ), which suggests dialectal elision.

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 auzandil	—
Vocative	𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 auzandil	—
Accusative	𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 auzandil	—
Genitive	𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍃 auzandilis	—
Dative	𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌰 auzandila	—

Coordinate terms

• 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”)
• 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil, “the Sun”)
• 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”)
• 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”)

See also

• 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌻 (tuggl)

References

• Carla Falluomini, "Zum gotischen Fragment aus Bologna II: Berichtigungen und neue Lesungen", Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 146.3 (2017) pp. 284-294.
• Peter Alexander Kerkhof, "Retracing the Lines: an independent reading of the lacunae in the Bologna fragment", presented at The Codex Bononiensis. International workshop on the Gothic palimpsest from Bologna (Lausanne 2015)