eldertongue

Old English · suffix

-eld

Part of speech
suffix, masculine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/eld/
[eɫd]
Syllables
eld (1 syllable)
Modern English
processsuffixbottle

Meaning

  1. suffix forming nouns denoting process or action from verbs

    færeld

    journey

Declension

Declension of -eld
SingularPlural
Nominative -eld-eldas-eld
Accusative -eld-eldas-eld
Genitive -eldes-elda
Dative -elde-eldum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Possibly a metathetic variant of earlier Proto-Germanic *-þlą.

Descendants

bold, bottle

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