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Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb edō (“I eat”).
Verb
edor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of edō
Etymology 2
Form of the verb ēdō (“I dispatch”).
Verb
ēdor
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *edaraz. Cognate with Old High German etar, Old Norse jaðarr.
Pronunciation
Noun
edor m
- enclosure, hedge, fence
- 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.
- protector, prince
Declension
Declension of edor (strong a-stem)
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”)
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