wuldor

Old English

Alternative forms

• wulder, wuldur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwul.dor/, [ˈwuɫ.dor]

Noun

wuldor n

1. glory
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎^[1]:

     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.

Declension

Declension of wuldor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wuldor	wuldor, wuldru
accusative	wuldor	wuldor, wuldru
genitive	wuldres	wuldra
dative	wuldre	wuldrum

Derived terms

• heofonwuldor
• sigorwuldor
• sweġelwuldor
• wuldorbēag
• wuldorcyning
• wuldordream
• wuldorfæder
• wuldorfæst
• wuldorfull
• wuldorgāst
• wuldorhama
• wuldorhelm
• wuldorhēap
• wuldorlēan
• wuldormāga
• wuldornyttung
• wuldorsang
• wuldorspēd
• wuldortān
• wuldorwerod
• wuldorword
• wuldorġeflogena
• wuldorġeweorc
• wuldorġifu
• wuldorġimm
• wuldrian
• wuldriġ

 

Descendants

• Middle English: wulder

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wuldor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.