Old English · adjective
snotor
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsno.tor/
- Syllables
- ˈsno · tor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- discerningcleverintelligentsagacious
Meaning
-
wise, clever, prudent, intelligent, discerning, sagacious
Swā cwæð snottor on mōde, · ġesæt him sundor æt rūne.
So said the wise in mind, sat alone with speech to himself.
10th century, The Wanderer:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | snotor | snotor | snotor |
| Accusative | snotorne | snotore | snotor |
| Genitive | snotores | snotorre | snotores |
| Dative | snotorum | snotorre | snotorum |
| Instrumental | snotore | snotorre | snotore |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | snotore | snotorasnotore | snotor |
| Accusative | snotore | snotorasnotore | snotor |
| Genitive | snotorra | snotorra | snotorra |
| Dative | snotorum | snotorum | snotorum |
| Instrumental | snotorum | snotorum | snotorum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | snotora | snotore | snotore |
| Accusative | snotoran | snotoran | snotore |
| Genitive | snotoran | snotoran | snotoran |
| Dative | snotoran | snotoran | snotoran |
| Instrumental | snotoran | snotoran | snotoran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | snotoran | snotoran | snotoran |
| Accusative | snotoran | snotoran | snotoran |
| Genitive | snotorrasnotorena | snotorrasnotorena | snotorrasnotorena |
| Dative | snotorum | snotorum | snotorum |
| Instrumental | snotorum | snotorum | snotorum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *snotr, from Proto-Germanic *snutraz, perhaps from the same Indo-European root as Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind”). Cognate with Old High German snottar, Old Norse snotr, Gothic (snutrs).
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