π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ»
Gothic
FWOTD β 9 March 2019
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz. Cognate with Old English Δarendel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ΛΙΛ.zan.dil/
Proper noun
π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ» β’ (auzandil) m
- (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):
- ππ°πΉπ
π° πΏππ³ππ°πΏπ πΏπ π·πΉπΌπΉπ½π° π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ» ππ° πΉπ½ πΌπ°πΏππ²πΉπ½ πΏπππΉπ½π½π°π½π³π° ...
- Ζaiwa usdraus us himina auzandil sa in maurgin urrinnanda ...
- How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! ... (Brenton Septuagint Translation).
- ππ°πΉπ
π° πΏππ³ππ°πΏπ πΏπ π·πΉπΌπΉπ½π° π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ» ππ° πΉπ½ πΌπ°πΏππ²πΉπ½ πΏπππΉπ½π½π°π½π³π° ...
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 αΌΟΟΟΟΟΞΏΟ (heΕsphΓ³ros) 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 π²πΏπ³πΉπ»πΏπ± (gudilub) and π πΉπ»πΎπ°ππΉπΈ (wiljariΓΎ), which suggests dialectal elision.
Declension
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ» auzandil | β |
Vocative | π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ» auzandil | β |
Accusative | π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ» auzandil | β |
Genitive | π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ»πΉπ auzandilis | β |
Dative | π°πΏπΆπ°π½π³πΉπ»π° auzandila | β |
Coordinate terms
- πΌπ΄π½π° (mΔna, βthe Moonβ)
- ππ°πΏπΉπ» (sauil, βthe Sunβ)
- ππΏπ½π½π (sunnΕ, βthe Sunβ)
- πππ°πΉππ½π (stairnΕ, βstarβ)
See also
- ππΏπ²π²π» (tuggl)
References
- Carla Falluomini, "Zum gotischen Fragment aus Bologna II: Berichtigungen und neue Lesungen", Zeitschrift fΓΌr 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)