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Old English · noun

sinder

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈsin.der/
Syllables
ˈsin · der (2 syllables)
Modern English
cinderashesscoriaslagdross

Meaning

  1. cinder, ashes

  2. dross, scoria, slag

Declension

Declension of sinder
SingularPlural
Nominative sindersinder
Accusative sindersinder
Genitive sindressindra
Dative sindresindrum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, scale, cinder”). Akin to Old High German sintar (“cinder”), Middle Low German sinder (“cinder”), Old Norse sindr (“cinder”), Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, “lime cinder, gypsum”).

Descendants

cinder

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