wuldor
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wuldr, from Proto-Germanic *wuldrą (“shine, radiance, glory, splendor”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwuldor n
- glory
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30[1]:
- Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.
- I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with glory, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.
Declension
editDeclension of wuldor (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: wulder
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wuldor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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