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Old English · noun

þusendealdormann

Normalised þūsendealdormann

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong consonant stem
IPA
/ˈθuː.sendˌæ͜ɑl.dorˌmɑnn/
[ˈθuː.zendˌæ͜ɑɫ.dorˌmɑn]
Syllables
ˈθuː · send · ˌæ͜ɑl · dor · ˌmɑnn (5 syllables)
Modern English
chiliarchthousand

Meaning

  1. leader of a thousand men, chiliarch

Declension

All forms (5)

Etymology

From þūsend (“thousand”) + ealdormann (“alderman”). Compare with Gothic (þusundifaþs).

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