Old English · noun
stælhran
Normalised stælhrān
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈstælˌxrɑːn/[ˈstælˌr̥ɑːn]
- Syllables
- ˈstæl · ˌxrɑːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- decoyreindeercatch
Meaning
-
decoy reindeer (used to catch wild reindeer)
Þā dēor hī hātað hrānas. Þāra wǣron syx stӕlhrānas; ðā bēoð swȳðe dȳre mid Finnum, for ðǣm hȳ fōð þā wildan hrānas mid.
They call these animals reindeer. Six of them were decoy reindeer; they are very valuable to the Finns, because they capture the wild reindeer with them.
c. 900, The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stælhrān | stælhrānas |
| Accusative | stælhrān | stælhrānas |
| Genitive | stælhrānes | stælhrāna |
| Dative | stælhrāne | stælhrānum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
First element uncertain, but the second part of the compound is hrān (“reindeer”).
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