allor

allor

See also: Allor

Italian

Adverb

allor (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of allora
   • c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, lines 388–390, page 14:

     Allor tutto mio corso
     mutò per tutto ’l mondo
     dal ciel fin lo profondo

     Then my whole course changed all over the world, from heaven to the depths

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 19–21:

     Allor fu la paura un poco queta,
     che nel lago del cor m’era durata
     la notte ch’i’ passai con tanta pieta.

     Then the fear, which inside my heart had lasted for the night I spent in so much anguish, subsided a little.

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XXIX”, in Inferno, lines 28–30:

     Tu eri allor sì del tutto impedito
     sovra colui che già tenne Altaforte,
     che non guardasti in là, sì fu partito.

     At the time, you were so preoccupied with the one who once ruled over Hautefort that you didn't look there until he left.

Anagrams

• Rallo, rallo, rolla

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Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh altaur, from Proto-Brythonic *alltọr, from Latin altāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɬɔr/

Noun

allor f (plural allorau)

1. altar

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
allor	unchanged	unchanged	hallor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “allor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies