sædeor

Old English

Etymology

From sǣ (“sea”) +‎ dēor (“animal, beast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæːˌde͜oːr/

Noun

sǣdēor m or n

1. sea beast; aquatic animal ("seadeer")

Declension

(when masculine)

Declension of sædeor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣdēor	sǣdēoras
accusative	sǣdēor	sǣdēoras
genitive	sǣdēores	sǣdēora
dative	sǣdēore	sǣdēorum

(when neuter)

Declension of sædeor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sǣdēor	sǣdēor
accusative	sǣdēor	sǣdēor
genitive	sǣdēores	sǣdēora
dative	sǣdēore	sǣdēorum

Synonyms

• meredēor n

References

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