Old English · noun
ator
Normalised ātor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɑː.tor/
- Syllables
- ˈɑː · tor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- poisonattervenom
Meaning
-
poison, venom
Marus ġemētte ænne man eft sē wæs yfele ġetawod and hine ǣt se cancor and his weleres wǣron āwlǣtte mid ealle and ēac his nosu fornumen mid āttre...
Again Maurus found a man who was evilly stricken, and a cancer was eating him, and his lips were rendered loathsome thereby, and likewise his nose destroyed by the poison;...
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aitr.
Descendants
atter
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