hleahtor – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of hleahtor

Noun: hleahtor
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularhleahtor
Pluralhleahtras

Genitive

Singularhleahtres
Pluralhleahtra

Dative

Singularhleahtre
Pluralhleahtrum

Accusative

Singularhleahtor
Pluralhleahtras

Sample Sentences

  • Hwīlum ylfete song dyde iċ mē tō gomene, ganetes hlēoþor ond huilpan swēġ fore hleahtor wera, mǣw singende fore medodrince. (Sometimes I made the swan song as a mirth to myself, the gannet’s speech and the hwilp’s noise instead of laugher of men, the singing seagull instead of a mead-drink.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]

Nouns inflected like hleahtor

bealdor, firenleahtor, burgealdor, þunor, leahtor, ancor, aldor, ultor, hleahtor, hungor, otor,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlahtraz. Cognate with Old High German lahtar, Old Norse hlátr. See: Old Norse Nouns 'hlátr'.

Verbs referencing "hleahtor"

English Nouns laughter, Middle English Nouns laughter, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns lått, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns lått, German Nouns Gelächter, Old Norse Nouns hlátr.

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