Old English · noun

oretta

Normalised ōretta

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈoː.ret.tɑ/
Syllables: ˈoː · ret · tɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English: champion warrior

Meaning

warrior, champion

Declension

Declension of oretta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōretta	ōrettan
Accusative	ōrettan	ōrettan
Genitive	ōrettan	ōrettena
Dative	ōrettan	ōrettum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhaitō; equivalent to ōret + -a and thus cognate with Old High German urheizo. Originally an agent noun to āhātan (“to call forth”) (compare Gothic (ushaitan, “to provoke, challenge”)). For the variation between -t- and -tt-, compare ǣmette, variant of ǣmete (“ant”).

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