Old English · noun
ærendraca
Normalised ǣrendraca
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈæː.rendˌrɑ.kɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈæː · rend · ˌrɑ · kɑ (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- ambassadormessengerapostle
Meaning
-
messenger
-
ambassador
Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...
Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, ambassadors [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans -
an apostle
-
an angel
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ǣrendraca | ǣrendracan |
| Accusative | ǣrendracan | ǣrendracan |
| Genitive | ǣrendracan | ǣrendracena |
| Dative | ǣrendracan | ǣrendracum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From ǣrende (“message”) + *raca (“someone who narrates or expounds,” agent noun of reċċan).
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