deor

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /dʲoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɔːɾˠ/

Noun

deor f pl

1. genitive plural of deoir

Noun

deor m (genitive singular deoir, nominative plural deora)

1. alternative form of deoir

Declension

Declension of deor (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative deor deora vocative a dheoir a dheora genitive deoir deor dative deor deora forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an deor na deora genitive an deoir na ndeor dative leis an deor don deor leis na deora

Mutation

Mutated forms of deor

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deor	dheor	ndeor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Noun

deor

1. (AB language, Herefordshire, Ormulum, Shropshire, Somerset, Worcestershire) alternative form of der (“deer”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• dēar — Northumbrian
• dīor — Kentish

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian diār, Old Saxon dior, Old Dutch dior, dier, Old High German tior, Old Norse dýr, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius). Further cognates include Lithuanian dvė̃sti and Russian душа́ (dušá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de͜oːr/
• Rhymes: -e͜oːr

Noun

dēor n

2. wild animal, beast
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil‎^[2]:

     Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā rēðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas.

     Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping reptiles, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.

3. deer
4. reindeer

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēor	dēor
accusative	dēor	dēor
genitive	dēores	dēora
dative	dēore	dēorum

Derived terms

• dēorcynn
• dēoren
• wilddēor

Descendants

• Middle English: der, deer, dere, dier, deare, dure (Late Middle English), deor, dor, duer, dur (Southern, West Midland)
  • English: deer
  • Middle Scots: dere, deir, deyr
    • Scots: deer

References

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

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de͜oːr/

Adjective

dēor

2. brave, bold as a wild beast
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Forþon þæt eorla ġehwām, æftercweþendra lof lifġendra lāstworda betst. Þæt hē ġewyrċe, ǣr hē on weġ sċyle, fremman on foldan wið fēonda nīþ, dēorum dǣdum dēofle tōġēanes, þæt hine ælda bearn æfter herġen, ond his lof siþþan lifġe mid englum āwa tō ealdre, ēċan līfes blǣd, drēam mid dugeþum.

     Thus, for every man, the praise of the after-speakers is the best of the living ones' reputations. That he would make it well, before he should set off on the way, to further on Earth against foes' hate, by bold deeds against the Devil, that children of men would afterwards praise him, and his honor since would live among the angels for ever and ever, blessedness, bliss with glees of the everlasting life.

3. heavy, severe, dire, vehement

Declension

Declension of dēor — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēor	dēor	dēor
Accusative	dēorne	dēore	dēor
Genitive	dēores	dēorre	dēores
Dative	dēorum	dēorre	dēorum
Instrumental	dēore	dēorre	dēore
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēore	dēora, dēore	dēor
Accusative	dēore	dēora, dēore	dēor
Genitive	dēorra	dēorra	dēorra
Dative	dēorum	dēorum	dēorum
Instrumental	dēorum	dēorum	dēorum

Declension of dēor — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēora	dēore	dēore
Accusative	dēoran	dēoran	dēore
Genitive	dēoran	dēoran	dēoran
Dative	dēoran	dēoran	dēoran
Instrumental	dēoran	dēoran	dēoran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēoran	dēoran	dēoran
Accusative	dēoran	dēoran	dēoran
Genitive	dēorra, dēorena	dēorra, dēorena	dēorra, dēorena
Dative	dēorum	dēorum	dēorum
Instrumental	dēorum	dēorum	dēorum

Descendants

• Middle English: deor, dier
  • English: deer

References

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dehoryd, dehori, dïor, dyor

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.ɔr/

Verb

deor (first-person singular present dehoraf)

1. to hinder, impede, prevent
   1. to withhold, exclude from
   2. to refrain from
2. to hatch, to brood, to incubate
   1. to breed

      Synonyms: bridio, epilio

   2. (figurative) to produce, to hatch (a plot)

      Synonyms: cynhyrchu, dyfeisio

   3. (figurative) to brood, to meditate morbidly

      Synonym: synfyfyrio

   4. to hatch (emerge from an egg)
      1. (figurative) to come into being, to come to fruition, to appear

         Synonyms: dod i fod, ymddangos, aeddfedu

3. to shell or peel (peas)

   Synonyms: digibo, blisgo, disbeinio, masglu

4. to inlay, to veneer

   Synonyms: arddalennu, arwynebu

Derived terms

• deor ar (“to brood upon, to hatch, to bring forth”)
• iâr ddeor (“broody hen”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deor

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deor	ddeor	neor	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.