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Old English · noun

wuldor

Part of speech
noun, neuter
IPA
/ˈwul.dor/
[ˈwuɫ.dor]
Syllables
ˈwul · dor (2 syllables)
Modern English
glory

Meaning

  1. glory

    Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.

    I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with glory, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:

Declension

Declension of wuldor
SingularPlural
Nominative wuldorwuldorwuldru
Accusative wuldorwuldorwuldru
Genitive wuldreswuldra
Dative wuldrewuldrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wuldr, from Proto-Germanic *wuldrą (“shine, radiance, glory, splendor”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).

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