Old English · noun
hleor
Normalised hlēor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xle͜oːr/[l̥e͜oːr]
- Syllables
- xle͜oːr (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- leercheek
Meaning
-
cheek
-
face
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hleuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hleuzą. Cognate with Old Saxon hleor, Old Norse hlýr.
Descendants
leer
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