Old English · noun
soþbora
Normalised sōþbora
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈsoːθˌbo.rɑ/[ˈsoːðˌbo.rɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈsoːθ · ˌbo · rɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- truth-bearer
Meaning
-
a truth-bearer, one who has knowledge of something
⁊ þā wearð ætȳwed · uppe on roderum steorra on staþole...comēta bē naman · cræftglēawe men wīse sōþboran... And then appeared, up in the heavens, a star in the firmament... a comet by name, according to sage-minded men,
wise bearers of truth...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
sōþ (“truth”) + -bora (“bearer”)
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