soldeier

Old French

Alternative forms

• soldoier, soudeier, soudoier, soudoiier

Etymology

From Medieval Latin soldātārius, extension of solidārius, soldārius (“mercenary, wage labourer”); compare Old Occitan soldadier soudadier and Old Spanish soldadero.

Noun

soldeier oblique singular, m (oblique plural soldeiers, nominative singular soldeiers, nominative plural soldeier)

1. A soldier, especially a mercenary.

Descendants

• Middle French: soldoier, soudoier, soudoyer
  • French: soudoyer, souldoyer (archaic)
• → Middle English: soudeour, saudeor, sauder, sawder, souder, soudeur, soudiour, soudour, souldeour, sowdiour; saudeour, saudiour, saudoier, saugeour, saugere, sawdeoure, sawdier, sawdioure, sawdyor, sawdyour, sawgeour, sodeour, sodiour, sodyour, sodyoure, sojour, soldeour, soudeor, soudeer, soudyour, souldeiour, souldioure, souldyour, sowdear, sowdeoure, sowdeiour, sowdyar, sowdyor, sowdyore, sowdyour, sowgeour, sowldeour (Late Middle English)
  • English: soldier (dialectal sodger, soger)
  • Scots: sodger