wilddeor

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to wilde (“wild”) +‎ dēor (“animal”). Cognate with German Wildtier, Icelandic villidýr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwildˌde͜oːr/, [ˈwiɫdˌde͜oːr]

Noun

wilddēor n

  1. wild animal
    • late 10th century, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
      Þā hēo þis ġehīerde, þā smearcode hēo wiþ his weardes, þus cweðende, "Ġelīef mē, ne ġeseah iċ nǣnne mann būtan þē, oþþe wilddēor, oþþe ǣniġes cynnes nīeten, siþþan iċ Iordanēn oferfērde and iċ hider on þās wēstenne becōm."
      When she heard this, she smiled in his direction and said, "Believe me, I haven’t seen anyone besides you, or wild animals, or any kind of animal, since I crossed the Jordan and came here to this wasteland."

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative wilddēor wilddēor
accusative wilddēor wilddēor
genitive wilddēores wilddēora
dative wilddēore wilddēorum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: wilde der
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