fyrtorr

Old English

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Alternative forms

• fȳrtor

Etymology

From fȳr (“fire”) +‎ torr (“tower”). Compare West Frisian fjoertoer, Dutch vuurtoren, Swedish fyrtorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyːrˌtorr/, [ˈfyːrˌtorˠ]

Noun

fȳrtorr m

1. lighthouse

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	fȳrtorr	fȳrtorras
accusative	fȳrtorr	fȳrtorras
genitive	fȳrtorres	fȳrtorra
dative	fȳrtorre	fȳrtorrum

Synonyms

• bēacenfȳr
• bēacenstān
• herebēacen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “FȲRTOR”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.