hlutor

Old English

Alternative forms

  • hluttor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlūt(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *hlūtraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-.

Adjective

hlūtor

  1. clear, pure, bright, sincere
  2. (of a liquid) free from mixture or impurities
  3. (of air or weather) clear, not cloudy
  4. (of mentality or intellect) clear, understood, free from obscurity
  5. (of people) splendid, glorious, illustrious; clear from evil, guilt or deceit

Declension

Derived terms

  • hēahhlūtor (extremely pure)
  • hlūtorlīċe (clearly, plainly, simply, sincerely)
  • hlūtorness (clearness, purity, sincerity, simplicity)
  • hluttrian (to become or make clear, purify)

Descendants

  • Middle English: lutter

References

  • hlūtor in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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