allor

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Italian

Adverb

allor (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of allora
    • c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, page 14, lines 388–390:
      Allor tutto mio corso
      mutò per tutto ’l mondo
      dal ciel fin lo profondo
      Then my whole course changed all over the world, from heaven to the depths
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 19–21; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Allor fu la paura un poco queta,
      che nel lago del cor m’era durata
      la notte ch’i’ passai con tanta pieta.
      Then the fear, which inside my heart had lasted for the night I spent in so much anguish, subsided a little.
      (literally, “Then was the fear a little quiet, which in the lake of the heart had lasted for me the night which I spent with so much anguish.”)
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Tu eri allor sì del tutto impedito
      sovra colui che già tenne Altaforte,
      che non guardasti in là, sì fu partito.
      At the time, you were so preoccupied with the one who once ruled over Hautefort that you didn't look there until he left.

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh altaur, from Proto-Brythonic *alltọr, from Latin altāre.

Pronunciation

Noun

allor f (plural allorau)

  1. altar

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
allor unchanged unchanged hallor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “allor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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