thonder – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of thonder

Noun: thonder
Sg.thonder
Pl.thondres

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • And I ſai þat þe lomb hadde opened oon of þe ſeuene ſeelis. ⁊ I herde oon of þe foure beeſtis ſeiynge as a vois of þundur / come ⁊ ſe (And I saw that the lamb had opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four creatures saying, like the sound of thunder, "Come and see!") [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:1, folio 119, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old English þunor, from Proto-West Germanic *þunr.
2. The varieties with -d- are from the oblique stem of þunor, þunr-, which experienced a sound change -nr- → -ndr-; this was leveled into all forms of the word (compare gandre). See: Old English Nouns 'þunor'.

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