hlutor
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *hlūtr.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithlūtor
- clear, pure, bright, sincere
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
- Se Hælend ða het þa ðenig-men afyllan six stænene fatu mid hluttrum wætere, and he mid his bletsunge þæt wæter to æðelum wine awende.
- Jesus then bade the serving men fill six stone vessels with pure water, and he with his blessing turned the water to noble wine.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
- (of a liquid) free from mixture or impurities
- (of air or weather) clear, not cloudy
- (of mentality or intellect) clear, understood, free from obscurity
- (of people) splendid, glorious, illustrious; clear from evil, guilt or deceit
Declension
editDeclension of hlūtor — Strong
Declension of hlūtor — Weak
Derived terms
edit- hēahhlūtor (“extremely pure”)
- hlūtorlīċe (“clearly, plainly, simply, sincerely”)
- hlūtorness (“clearness, purity, sincerity, simplicity”)
Related terms
edit- hluttrian (“to become or make clear, purify”)
Descendants
edit- Middle English: lutter
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hlūtor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlewH-
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