Old English · noun
foldbuend
Normalised foldbūend
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong nd-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfoldˌbuː.end/[ˈfoɫdˌbuː.end]
- Syllables
- ˈfold · ˌbuː · end (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- earth-dwellerlivesdweller
Meaning
-
one who lives on the land; an earth-dweller, a man
Ðonne mid fēre foldbūende sē micla dæġ meahtan dryhtnes æt midre niht mæġne bihlæmeð, sċīre ġesċeafte, swā oft sċeaða fǣcne, þēof þrīstlīċe, þe on þȳstre fareð, on sweartre niht, sorglēase hæleð semninga forfēhð slǣpe ġebundne, eorlas unġearwe yfles ġenǣgeð.
Then the Great day of the mighty Lord clangs earth-dwellers, in bright being, with woe at the middle of the night’s strength, as often a guileful robber would, a thief boldly, who goes into the darkness, on a black night, takes carefree heroes, bound by sleep, forthwith by surprise, attacks unready men with evil.
10th century, Christ C:
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | foldbūend | foldbūendfoldbūendefoldbūendas |
| Accusative | foldbūend | foldbūendfoldbūendefoldbūendas |
| Genitive | foldbūendes | foldbūendra |
| Dative | foldbūende | foldbūendum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
folde (“earth, land”) + būend (“inhabitant, dweller”)
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