þōþer
masculine
The Old English word for "ball" is þōþer.
þōþer is a ball for play. Old English glossaries use it to translate Latin pila, "ball".
Meaning: object, generally spherical, used for playing games (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
þōþer is a masculine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
þ is the th sound, so the word sounds roughly like "THOH-ther".
Did you know?
- A ball of thread had its own Old English word, clīewen. It is the ancestor of "clew", and of "clue", from the thread that leads you out of a maze.
Examples in context
- Se cnapa wearp þone þōþer.The boy threw the ball.
- Hwǣr is mīn þōþer?Where is my ball?
Example conversation
Eadgyth and Osric are playing in the yard.
- EadgythOsric, hæfst þū þone þōþer?Osric, do you have the ball?
- OsricNese, ic hine forlēas.No, I lost it.
- EadgythHē liġþ under þǣm trēowe.It is lying under the tree.
- OsricIc hine ġesēo! Nū ic hine nime.I see it! Now I will take it.
