Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

rodor

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
rodor, rador, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §222; §278; §341;
as a technical term,
the firmament, the heaven of the fixed stars
Show examples

  • Sunne sol, móna luna, roder

    firmamentum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 55-57 : 70, 8.

  • Lyft aer, hroder

    aether,

      52, 56.

  • Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte,

      Shrn. 63, 9.

  • Sió eorþe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft búton ðam rodore, forðam se rodor hine hæfþ ǽlce dæg útane ... on ǽlcere stówe hé is hire emnneáh,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20, 23.

  • Siððan wæs rodor árǽred and ryne tungla, folde gefæstnad,

      Exon. Th. 272, 12; Jul. 498.

  • Radores

    aethrae (MS. uetre ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 43.

  • Hwá unlǽredra ne wundraþ þæs roderes færeldes, hú hé ǽlce dæge úton ymbhwyrfþ ealne ðisne middaneard,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 15.

  • Rodres,

      Met. 28, 3.

  • Ðú mihtest ðé fleógan ofer ðam fýre ðe is betwux ðam rodore and ðære lyfte, and mihtest ðé féran mid ðære sunnan betwyx ðám tunglum and ðonne weorþan on þam rodore,

      Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174. 9-12 : 33, 4; Fox 130, 15.

  • Ofer rodere ryneswiftum,

      Met. 24, 28.

  • Micel swég gǽþ of ðam scínendan rodore, ðeáh wé for ðam mycclan fyrlene hit gefrédan ne mágon,

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 43.

  • Se godcunda foreþonc stýreþ ðone rodor and ða tunglu,

      Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 7.

  • Ðás twelf tácna (

    the signs of the Zodiac

    ) synd swá gehiwode on ðám heofenlícum roderum (rodere,
      MSS. R. L. P.), Lchdm. iii. 246, 6.
mostly as a poetical term,
the heavens, sky, upper regions
Show examples

  • Rodores candel

    the sun,

      Beo. Th. 3148; B. 1572.

  • Hroderes

    aetherea,

      Hpt. Gl. 521, 23.

  • Roderes

    Olimpi,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 61.

  • Ðæs heálícan roderes

    celsi Olymphi,

      Hymn. Surt. 55, 3.

  • Under radores ryne,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1586; El. 795.

  • Fram rodere Crist scínþ

    ab ethere Christus promicat,

      Hymn. Surt. 37, 8.

  • Wunigende on rodore

    manens Olimpho,

      91, 19.

  • Sende him of heán rodore God gást ðone hálgan,

      Cd. Th. 230, 21; Dan. 236.

  • Roderas

    aethera,

      Kent. Gl. 273.

  • Lyft drysmaþ, roderas reótaþ,

      Beo. Th. 2756; B. 1376.

  • Dryhten, rodera rǽdend,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1253; An. 627.

  • Rodra weard,

      Exon. Th. 394, 23; Rä. 14, 7.

  • Rodera weard

    God,

      Cd. Th. 1, 2; Gen. 1.

  • Rodora ríce

    heaven,

      308, 5; Sat. 688.

  • Under roderum,

      7, 21; Gen. 109.

  • Steám up árás swylce réc under radorum,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1604; El. 804.

  • Alwalda worhte rúme roderas,

      Exon. Th. 341, 30; Gen. Ex. 134.
Etymology
[O. Sax. radur.]
Similar entries
v. beorht-, eást-, gim-, heáh-, norþ-, súþ-, up-, west-rodor.
Linked entries
v.  rador.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rodor.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/25947.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • rodor, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.