Old English · noun
wildor
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwil.dor/[ˈwiɫ.dor]
- Syllables
- ˈwil · dor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- beast
Meaning
-
a wild beast
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wilþiʀu, the plural of Proto-West Germanic *welþ, from Proto-Germanic *welþaz (oblique *wilþiz-), from the same root as Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”). Cognate with Old High German wild (dative plural wildiran), whence modern German Wild (“game”).
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