ærendraca

Old English

Etymology

From ǣrende (message) +‎ *raca (“someone who narrates or expounds,” agent noun of reċċan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæː.rendˌrɑ.kɑ/

Noun

ǣrendraca m

  1. messenger
  2. ambassador
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...
      Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, ambassadors [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative ǣrendraca ǣrendracan
accusative ǣrendracan ǣrendracan
genitive ǣrendracan ǣrendracena
dative ǣrendracan ǣrendracum

Synonyms