wuldrian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to wuldor +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwul.dri.ɑn/, [ˈwuɫ.dri.ɑn]

Verb

wuldrian

1. to glorify

   (a) to ascribe glory

   (b) to bestow glory, make glorious

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"

     We sceolon geefenlæcan þysum hyrdum, and wuldrian and hérian urne Drihten on eallum ðam ðingum þe he for ure lufe gefremode, ús to alysednysse and to ecere blisse, ðam sy wuldor and lof mid ðam Ælmihtigum Fæder, on annysse þæs Halgan Gastes, on ealra worulda woruld. Amen.

     We should imitate these shepherds, and glorify and praise our Lord for all those things which he hath done for love of us, for our redemption and eternal bliss, to whom be glory and praise with the Almighty Father, in unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

2. to glory, exult, rejoice
3. to get glorified; to receive glory

Conjugation

Conjugation of wuldrian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	wuldrian	wuldrienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	wuldriġe	wuldrode
second person singular	wuldrast	wuldrodest
third person singular	wuldraþ	wuldrode
plural	wuldriaþ	wuldrodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	wuldriġe	wuldrode
plural	wuldriġen	wuldroden
imperative
singular	wuldra
plural	wuldriaþ
participle	present	past
	wuldriende	(ġe)wuldrod

Derived terms

• āwuldrian
• ġewuldrian
• wuldrung f

References

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