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Old English · adverb

sundor

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈsun.dor/
Syllables
ˈsun · dor (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. apart, alone, by one's self

    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:
  2. separate or separately

  3. differently

  4. privately

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sundr, from Proto-Germanic *sundraz, whence also Old High German suntar, Old Norse sundr.

Descendants

sunder

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