hlutor

Old English

Alternative forms

• hluttor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlūt(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *hlūtraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxluː.tor/, [ˈl̥uː.tor]

Adjective

hlūtor

1. clear, pure, bright, sincere
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"

     Se Hælend ða het þa ðenig-men afyllan six stænene fatu mid hluttrum wætere, and he mid his bletsunge þæt wæter to æðelum wine awende.

     Jesus then bade the serving men fill six stone vessels with pure water, and he with his blessing turned the water to noble wine.

2. (of a liquid) free from mixture or impurities
3. (of air or weather) clear, not cloudy
4. (of mentality or intellect) clear, understood, free from obscurity
5. (of people) splendid, glorious, illustrious; clear from evil, guilt or deceit

Declension

Declension of hlūtor — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hlūtor	hlūtoru, hlūtru, hlūtoro, hlūtro	hlūtor
Accusative	hlūtorne	hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtor
Genitive	hlūtores, hlūtres	hlūtorre	hlūtores, hlūtres
Dative	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorre	hlūtorum, hlūtrum
Instrumental	hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtorre	hlūtore, hlūtre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtora, hlūtra, hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtoru, hlūtru, hlūtoro, hlūtro
Accusative	hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtora, hlūtra, hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtoru, hlūtru, hlūtoro, hlūtro
Genitive	hlūtorra	hlūtorra	hlūtorra
Dative	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum
Instrumental	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum

Declension of hlūtor — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hlūtora, hlūtra	hlūtore, hlūtre	hlūtore, hlūtre
Accusative	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtore, hlūtre
Genitive	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran
Dative	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran
Instrumental	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran
Accusative	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran	hlūtoran, hlūtran
Genitive	hlūtorra, hlūtorena, hlūtrena	hlūtorra, hlūtorena, hlūtrena	hlūtorra, hlūtorena, hlūtrena
Dative	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum
Instrumental	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum	hlūtorum, hlūtrum

Derived terms

• hēahhlūtor (“extremely pure”)
• hlūtorlīċe (“clearly, plainly, simply, sincerely”)
• hlūtorness (“clearness, purity, sincerity, simplicity”)

Related terms

• hluttrian (“to become or make clear, purify”)

Descendants

• Middle English: lutter

References

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