ærendraca

Old English

Etymology

From ǣrende (“message”) +‎ *raca (“someone who narrates or expounds,” agent noun of reċċan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː.rendˌrɑ.kɑ/

Noun

ǣrendraca m

1. messenger
2. ambassador
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...

     Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, ambassadors [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...

Declension

Declension of ǣrendraca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣrendraca	ǣrendracan
accusative	ǣrendracan	ǣrendracan
genitive	ǣrendracan	ǣrendracena
dative	ǣrendracan	ǣrendracum

Synonyms

• boda
• ǣrendwreca