Old English · noun
hleoþor
Normalised hlēoþor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxle͜oː.θor/[ˈl̥e͜oː.ðor]
- Syllables
- ˈxle͜oː · θor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- hearingvoice
Meaning
-
hearing
-
sound, noise
Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…
I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8: -
voice
-
speech
-
song (in nature or from man)
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hleuþr.
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