eldertongue

Old English · noun

æled

Normalised ǣled

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈæː.led/
Syllables
ˈæː · led (2 syllables)
Modern English
conflagrationfire

Meaning

  1. fire; conflagration

Declension

Declension of æled
SingularPlural
Nominative ǣledǣldas
Accusative ǣledǣldas
Genitive ǣldesǣlda
Dative ǣldeǣldum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ailid, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz (“fire”), past participle of *ailijaną. Cognate with Old Saxon ēld (“fire”), Old Norse eldr (“fire”).

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