edor

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See also: -edor

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (I eat).

Verb

edor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (I dispatch).

Verb

ēdor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of ēdō

References

  • edor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • edor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • edor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *edaraz. Cognate with Old High German etar, Old Norse jaðarr.

Pronunciation

Noun

edor m

  1. enclosure, hedge, fence
  2. shelter, dwelling, house
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      swā nū missenlīċe · ġeond þisne middanġeard
      winde biwāune · weallas stondaþ,
      hrīme bihrorene, · hrȳðġe þā ederas.
      as now walls are standing differently
      over this world, blown by wind,
      covered by frost, the slow-swept dwellings.
  3. protector, prince

Declension

Synonyms

  • ġeard m (enclosure, yard, dwelling)
  • þēoden m (prince, king, lord)

See also

  • grīma m (mask, spectre)
  • mearh m (horse, steed)
  • myne m (mind, desire, love)
  • simle (always)

References