Old English · noun
coþu
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈko.θu/[ˈko.ðu]
- Syllables
- ˈko · θu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- coathcoathecothediseasesickness
Meaning
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disease, sickness
Martinus ġelācnode mid ǣnlīpium cosse ǣnne hrēoflīnne mannan fram his micclan coðe, and fram atelīcum hīwe his unsmēðan līċes.
Martinus cured a leprous man of his great sickness and from the horrid appearance of his unsmooth body with a single kiss.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kuþō.
Descendants
coath, coathe, cothe
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