safor

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saifr, from Proto-Germanic *saifraz, from Proto-Indo-European *seyp- (“to flow, run, drip”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑː.for/, [ˈsɑː.vor]

Noun

sāfor m or n

  1. saliva; slobber, drool

Usage notes
  • The precise gender is unknown, but it can be inferred to be masculine and/or neuter based on historical development and cognates in other languages.

Declension
Masculine
Declension of safor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sāfor sāfras
accusative sāfor sāfras
genitive sāfres sāfra
dative sāfre sāfrum
Neuter
Declension of safor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sāfor sāfor
accusative sāfor sāfor
genitive sāfres sāfra
dative sāfre sāfrum
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