hleoþor

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hleuþr.

Pronunciation

Noun

hlēoþor n

  1. hearing
  2. sound, noise
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎:
      Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…
      I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…
  3. voice
  4. speech
  5. song (in nature or from man)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hlēoþor hlēoþor
accusative hlēoþor hlēoþor
genitive hlēoþres hlēoþra
dative hlēoþre hlēoþrum

Derived terms

References

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