Old English · noun
woþbora
Normalised wōþbora
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈwoːθ.bo.rɑ/[ˈwoːð.bo.rɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈwoːθ · bo · rɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- speech-bearerspeakeroratorpoet
Meaning
-
speaker, orator, poet, speech-bearer
Oft iċ wōðboran wordlēana sum āgyfe æfter giedde.
Oft I give some of word-rewards for a speech-bearer after a tale.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 80:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From wōþ (“speech”) + -bora (“bearer, bringer”).
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