Old English · adjective
þweorh
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /θwe͜orx/[θwe͜orˠx]
- Syllables
- θwe͜orx (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- transverseopposedadversecrossdepravedperverse
Meaning
-
cross, transverse
þweorhfuru
a cross-furrow
-
adverse, opposed
-
crooked, bent
-
angry
-
perverse, depraved
þwēortīeme
contentious, perverse, wicked
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | þweorh | þweorh | þweorh |
| Accusative | þwēorne | þwēore | þweorh |
| Genitive | þwēores | þwēorre | þwēores |
| Dative | þwēorum | þwēorre | þwēorum |
| Instrumental | þwēore | þwēorre | þwēore |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | þwēore | þwēoraþwēore | þweorh |
| Accusative | þwēore | þwēoraþwēore | þweorh |
| Genitive | þwēorra | þwēorra | þwēorra |
| Dative | þwēorum | þwēorum | þwēorum |
| Instrumental | þwēorum | þwēorum | þwēorum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | þwēora | þwēore | þwēore |
| Accusative | þwēoran | þwēoran | þwēore |
| Genitive | þwēoran | þwēoran | þwēoran |
| Dative | þwēoran | þwēoran | þwēoran |
| Instrumental | þwēoran | þwēoran | þwēoran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | þwēoran | þwēoran | þwēoran |
| Accusative | þwēoran | þwēoran | þwēoran |
| Genitive | þwēorraþwēorena | þwēorraþwēorena | þwēorraþwēorena |
| Dative | þwēorum | þwēorum | þwēorum |
| Instrumental | þwēorum | þwēorum | þwēorum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þwerh (“against, contrary”). Akin to Old English þwēorian (“to oppose, thwart”). Cognate with Old Saxon thwerh, Old Norse þverr, Dutch dwars.
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