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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

  1. 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

Declension of ator
SingularPlural
Nominative ātorātru
Accusative ātorātru
Genitive ātresātra
Dative ātreātrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aitr.

Descendants

atter

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