Difference between revisions of "preðra"

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(Cf. [[wiki:Gothic|Gothic]] '''[[wikt:𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰|𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰]]''' (''pairþra'').),
(Cf. [[wiki:Gothic|Gothic]] '''[[wikt:𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰|𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰]]''' (''pairþra'').),
from [[wiki:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] '''''[[wikt:Reconstruction: Proto-Germanic/perþrō|*perþrō]]'''''.
from [[wiki:Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] '''''[[wikt:Reconstruction: Proto-Germanic/perþrō|*perþrō]]'''''.
A compound of '''''[[pera#Valthungian|pera]]''''' ‘pear’ and '''''[[-ðra#Valthungian|-ðra]]''''' ‘tree’.
A compound of '''''[[pera#Valthungian|pera]]''''' ‘pear’ and '''''[[-ðra#Valthungian|-ðra]]''''' ‘tree’.



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Valthungian

Template:Valthungian Pronuncation

Etymology

From Middle Valthungian preðra, from Old Valthungian preðra, from Griutungi *perþra, (Cf. Gothic 𐍀𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (pairþra).), from Proto-Germanic *perþrō.

A compound of pera ‘pear’ and -ðra ‘tree’.

Noun

preðra

  1. chance, fortune (good or bad), luck
  2. pear tree
  3. name of the letter P

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