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DÓHTOR

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
DÓHTOR, dóhtur, dóhter; indecl. in sing. but the dat. déhter is found: pl. nom. acc. dóhtor, dóhtra, dóhtru, dóhter; gen. dóhtra; dat. instr. dóhtrum; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §43; §45; §47; §106; §107; §156; §158; §186; §234; §299; §326; §415;
A DAUGHTER; fīlia
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  • Mín dóhtor is deád

    fīlia mea dēfuncta est,

      Mt. Bos. 9, 18.
  • Gelýf, dóhtor

    confide, fīlia,

      9, 22.
  • Ðú fram mínre dóhtor onwóce

    thou from my daughter wast born,

      Cd. 223; Th. 292, 11; Sat. 439.
  • Ðá wæs ellen-wód fæder wið déhter

    then was the father furious with his daughter,

      Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 7; Jul. 141: Gen. 29, 18: Mk. Bos. 7, 26, 29: Homl. Th. ii. 26, 33.
  • Ðæm forgeaf Hréðel ángan dóhtor to whom Hrethel gave his only daughter, Beo. Th. 755; B. 375, Cynincga dóhtor

    regum fīliæ,

      Ps. Th. 44, 10.
  • Fægnigan dóhtra

    exultent fīliæ,

      Ps. Spl. 47, 10: Ps. Th. 44, 14.
  • Heora dóhtru

    eorum fīliæ,

      143, 15.
  • Ðæt ðú me bereáfodest ðínra dóhtra

    ne violenter auferres fīlias tuas,

      Gen. 31, 31.
  • Fyllaþ eorþan sunum and dóhtrum

    fill the earth with sons and daughters,

      Cd. 10; Th. 13, 5; Gen. 198.
  • Ðú scealt cennan sunu and dóhtor

    thou shalt bring forth sons and daughters,

      43; Th. 57, 7; Gen. 924.
  • Suna and dóhter

    fīlios et fīlias,

      Ps. Th. 105, 27.
Etymology
[Wyc. douȝtir: Piers P. doughtres, pl: Chauc. doughter, doughtre: R. Brun. doughter: R. Glouc. dogtren, pl: Laym. dohter, douter, doȝter: Orm. dohhterr: Plat. dogter, dochter, f: O. Sax. dohter, dohtor, dohter, f: Frs. dochter, doayter: O. Frs. dochter, f: Dut. dochter, f: Ger. tochter, f: M. H. Ger. tohter, f: O. H. Ger. tohtar, f: Goth. dauhtar, f: Dan. datter, f: Swed. dotter, f: Icel. dóttir, f: Grk. θυγάτηρ, f: Lith. dukte: Zend dughdhar: Sansk. duhitri, f. a daughter, properly a milkmaid, from duh to milk.]
Derived forms
DER. steóp-dóhtor.
Linked entries
v.  dóchtor dóhtar dóhter dóhtur.
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  • DÓHTOR, n.