wuldor

Old English

Alternative forms

• wulder, wuldur

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wuldr, from Proto-Germanic *wuldrą (“shine, radiance, glory, splendor”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwul.dor/, [ˈwuɫ.dor]

Noun

wuldor n

1. glory
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎:

     Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.

     I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with glory, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē āriseð on wuldor.

     Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	wuldor	wuldor, wuldru
accusative	wuldor	wuldor, wuldru
genitive	wuldres	wuldra
dative	wuldre	wuldrum

Derived terms

• heofonwuldor
• sigorwuldor
• sweġelwuldor
• wuldorbēag
• wuldorcyning
• wuldordream
• wuldorfæder
• wuldorfæst
• wuldorfull
• wuldorgāst
• wuldorġeflogena
• wuldorġeweorc
• wuldorġifu
• wuldorġimm
• wuldorhama
• wuldorhēap
• wuldorhelm
• wuldorlēan
• wuldormāga
• wuldornyttung
• wuldorsang
• wuldorspēd
• wuldortān
• wuldorwerod
• wuldorword
• wuldrian
• wuldriġ

Descendants

• Middle English: wulder

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wuldor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.