edor

See also: -edor

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).

Verb

edor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).

Verb

ēdor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of ēdō

References

• “edor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• edor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• edor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Alternative forms

• eder, eodor, edur, eodur

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *edaraz. Cognate with Old High German etar, Icelandic jaðar (“periphery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.dor/

Noun

edor m

1. enclosure, hedge, fence
2. shelter, dwelling, house
3. protector, prince

Declension

Declension of edor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	edor	edoras
accusative	edor	edoras
genitive	edores	edora
dative	edore	edorum

Synonyms

• ġeard m (“enclosure, yard, dwelling”)
• þēoden m (“prince, king, lord”)

See also

• grīma m (“mask, spectre”)
• mearh m (“horse, steed”)
• myne m (“mind, desire, love”)
• simle (“always”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “edor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.