Old English · noun

loddere

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /ˈlod.de.re/
Syllables: ˈlod · de · re (3 syllables)
Modern English: pauper beggar

Meaning

poor person, pauper; beggar

Declension

Declension of loddere
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	loddere	lodderas
Accusative	loddere	lodderas
Genitive	lodderes	loddera
Dative	loddere	lodderum

Etymology

Alteration (due to suffix -ere) of Proto-West Germanic *lodrō, from Proto-Germanic *ludraz (“useless; worthless; bad”), according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack; loose; limp”), see also Old Norse slokna (“to go out”). Compare Old Norse loddari (“juggler; tramp”), Old High German lotar (“vain; void; insignificant”), Middle High German lotter. See also Czech lotr and Polish łotr, Russian ло́дырь (lódyrʹ).

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