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Old English · noun

eored

Normalised ēored

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈe͜oː.red/
Syllables
ˈe͜oː · red (2 syllables)
Modern English
cavalrylegion

Meaning

  1. a cavalry; band; troop; legion

Declension

Declension of eored
SingularPlural
Nominative ēoredēoredaēoredeēored
Accusative ēoredeēoredēoredaēoredeēored
Genitive ēoredeēoredesēoreda
Dative ēoredeēoredum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ehwaraidu, from Proto-Germanic *ehwaraidō (“horse-riding”), equivalent to eoh + rād.

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