Old English · proper noun
Ohthere
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong ja-stem
- IPA
- /ˈoxtˌxe.re/[ˈoxtˌhe.re]
- Syllables
- ˈoxt · ˌxe · re (3 syllables)
Meaning
-
a male given name
Ohthere sǣde his hlāforde, Ælfrēde, þæt hē ealra Norðmanna norðmest būde.
Ohthere said to his lord, Alfred, that he lived the farthest north of all Norwegians.
Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *Uhtaharjaz. The first element is the ancestor to Old Norse ótti (“fear”), the second is equivalent to here (“warrior”), a common element in given names. Cognate with Old Norse Óttarr.
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