Old English · noun
aþ
Normalised āþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ɑːθ/
- Syllables
- ɑːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- oath
Meaning
-
an oath
he aþ swereþ þurh his selfes lif
he swears an oath on his own life.
c. 7th century, Cædmon, Caedmon's metrical paraphrase of parts of the Holy Scriptures:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”).
Descendants
oath
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