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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dohter. Cognate with German Tochter and Dutch dochter.
Pronunciation
Noun
dohtor f
- daughter
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
⁊ þǣre ilcan nihte wes Ēadwine dohtor ācenned.- And on that same night Edwin's daughter was born.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...- Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.
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