hleor

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hleuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hleuzą. Cognate with Old Saxon hleor, Old Norse hlýr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xle͜oːr/, [l̥e͜oːr]
• Rhymes: -e͜oːr

Noun

hlēor n

1. cheek
2. face

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hlēor	hlēor
accusative	hlēor	hlēor
genitive	hlēores	hlēora
dative	hlēore	hlēorum

Derived terms

• hlēorberg

Descendants

• Middle English: leor, ler, lere
  • English: leer
  • Scots: lere