ærendraca

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Old English

Etymology

From ǣrende (message) +‎ *raca (“someone who narrates or expounds,” agent noun of reċċan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæː.rendˌrɑ.kɑ/

Noun

ǣrendraca m

  1. messenger
  2. ambassador
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...
      Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, ambassadors the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...

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