𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *baljōną (compare *bellaną). Cognate to Old Norse belja (“to bellow, roar”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.joːn/

𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽 • (baljōn)

1. (hapax) to roar (of animals, to make a loud deep noise)
   • 6th century, anonymous author, folio 1 verso (after Falluomini 2017) of the Gothica Bononiensia sermon (referring here to Daniel 6:22, 27):

     ... 𐌸𐌿𐌴𐌹 𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌴𐌻 𐌿𐍃 𐌱[𐌰]𐌻𐌾𐍉𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌼 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌴 𐌳𐌿 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌴𐍃.

     ... þuei daniēl us b[a]ljōndanē laiwanē munþam manwjanē du fraslindan ganasidēs.

     You who saved Daniel from the mouths of roaring lions ready to devour

• 𐌷𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hrūkjan, “to crow”)
• 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 (laiwa, “lion”)

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