𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻

From Proto-Germanic *Auziwandilaz. Compare Old English ēarendel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.zan.dil/

𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 • (auzandil) m

1. the morning star: Venus, Lucifer
   • 6th century, anonymous author, folio 2 recto (after Falluomini 2017) of the Gothica Bononiensia sermon (referring here to Isaiah 14:12):

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

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

     ... how Lucifer did fall from heaven, he who emerges in the morning ...

• 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 eminent scholars (Schuhmann and especially 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.

• Carla Falluomini, 'Zum gotischen Fragment aus Bologna II: Berichtigungen und neue Lesungen', Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und Literatur 146.3 (2017) pp. 284-294.