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hádor

  • adjective
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Grammar
hádor, hǽdor; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§431;
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene
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  • Hádor heofonleóma

    the clear heaven-light,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1675
      • ;
    • An. 840 : 2918
      • ;
    • An. 1458 : 178
      • ;
    • An. 89
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 47
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 24
      • .

  • Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote

    at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot,

    • Beo. Th. 998
      • ;
    • B. 497
      • .

  • Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ

    the sun shines in the clear sky,

    • Bt. 9
      • ;
    • Fox 26, 15
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95
      • ;
    • Met. 28, 48
      • .

  • Hǽdre heofontungol

    the bright stars of the sky,

    • Exon. 18 a
      • ;
    • Th. 43, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 693
      • .

  • Hádrum nihtum

    in clear nights,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 463
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 232
      • .

  • Se ðe heofen þeceþ hádrum wolcnum

    qui operit cælum nubibus,

    • Ps. Th. 146, 8
      • .

  • Singaþ hǽdrum stefnum

    they sing with clear voices,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1492
      • ;
    • El. 748
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. hédor
:
O. H. Ger. heitar clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans
:
Ger. heiter
:
Icel. heiðr bright (of the sky, stars).
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hádor.” 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/17820.

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