motern

Old English

Alternative forms

• mōtærn

Etymology

Equivalent to mōt +‎ -ern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːtˌern/, [ˈmoːtˌerˠn]

Noun

mōtern n (nominative plural mōternu)

1. courthouse
2. official meeting place, such as a Roman pretorium

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mōtern	mōternu
accusative	mōtern	mōternu
genitive	mōternes	mōterna
dative	mōterne	mōternum

References

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