hleoþor

Old English

Alternative forms

• hlēoðor — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hleuþr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxle͜oː.θor/, [ˈl̥e͜oː.ðor]

Noun

hlēoþor n

1. hearing
2. sound, noise
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎^[1]:

     Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…

     I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…

3. voice
4. speech
5. song (in nature or from man)

Declension

Declension of hlēoþor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hlēoþor	hlēoþor
accusative	hlēoþor	hlēoþor
genitive	hlēoþres	hlēoþra
dative	hlēoþre	hlēoþrum

Derived terms

• efenhlēoþor n
• hlēoþorcyme m
• hlēoþrian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HLĒOÐOR”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HLĒOÞOR supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.