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Old English · noun

hleahtor

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈxlæ͜ɑx.tor/
[ˈl̥æ͜ɑx.tor]
Syllables
ˈxlæ͜ɑx · tor (2 syllables)
Modern English
laughterlaugh

Meaning

  1. laughter

    Hwīlum ylfete song dyde iċ mē tō gomene, ganetes hlēoþor ond huilpan swēġ fore hleahtor wera, mǣw singende fore medodrince.

    Sometimes I made the swan song as a mirth to myself, the gannet’s speech and the hwilp’s noise instead of laugher of men, the singing seagull instead of a mead-drink.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

  2. a laugh

Declension

Declension of hleahtor
SingularPlural
Nominative hleahtorhleahtras
Accusative hleahtorhleahtras
Genitive hleahtreshleahtra
Dative hleahtrehleahtrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz. Cognate with Old High German lahtar, Old Norse hlátr.

Descendants

laughter

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