leþer

Middle English

Noun

leþer

1. Alternative form of lether

Adjective

leþer

1. Alternative form of lether

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Old English

Alternative forms

• leðer — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *létrom. Cognate with Old High German ledar (German Leder), Old Saxon leðar (Middle Low German ledder), Dutch leer, Old Norse leðr (Swedish läder); and with Irish leathar, Breton ler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.θer/, [ˈle.ðer]

Noun

leþer n

1. leather

Declension

Declension of leþer (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	leþer	leþer
accusative	leþer	leþer
genitive	leþres	leþra
dative	leþre	leþrum

Descendants

• English: leather

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leiðr, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz.

Adjective

lēþer

1. loathsome, repulsive
2. grievous
3. dull, tedious
4. sad, sorry
5. angry, resentful

Declension

Declension of lēþer (strong)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lēþer	lēþ	lēt
accusative	lēþan	lēþa	lēt
dative	lēþum lēþom	lēþri lēþre	lēþu lēþo
genitive	lēþs	lēþrar	lēþs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lēþir lēþer	lēþar	lēþ
accusative	lēþa	lēþar	lēþ
dative	lēþum lēþom	lēþum lēþom	lēþum lēþom
genitive	lēþra lēþa	lēþra lēþa	lēþra lēþa

Declension of lēþer (weak)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lēþi lēþe	lēþa	lēþa
accusative	lēþa	lēþu lēþo	lēþa
dative	lēþa	lēþu lēþo	lēþa
genitive	lēþa	lēþu lēþo	lēþa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo
accusative	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo
dative	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo
genitive	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo	lēþu lēþo

Descendants

• Swedish: led