meredeor

Old English

Etymology

From mere (“sea”) +‎ dēor (“animal, beast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.reˌde͜oːr/

Noun

meredēor n

1. sea beast; aquatic animal

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	meredēor	meredēor
accusative	meredēor	meredēor
genitive	meredēores	meredēora
dative	meredēore	meredēorum

Synonyms

• sǣdēor m or n

References

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