Old English · adjective
colsweart
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈkolˌswæ͜ɑrt/[ˈkolˌswæ͜ɑrˠt]
- Syllables
- ˈkol · ˌswæ͜ɑrt (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- coal blackcoal
Meaning
-
coal black: as black as coal
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | colsweart | colsweart | colsweart |
| Accusative | colsweartne | colswearte | colsweart |
| Genitive | colsweartes | colsweartre | colsweartes |
| Dative | colsweartum | colsweartre | colsweartum |
| Instrumental | colswearte | colsweartre | colswearte |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | colswearte | colsweartacolswearte | colsweart |
| Accusative | colswearte | colsweartacolswearte | colsweart |
| Genitive | colsweartra | colsweartra | colsweartra |
| Dative | colsweartum | colsweartum | colsweartum |
| Instrumental | colsweartum | colsweartum | colsweartum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | colswearta | colswearte | colswearte |
| Accusative | colsweartan | colsweartan | colswearte |
| Genitive | colsweartan | colsweartan | colsweartan |
| Dative | colsweartan | colsweartan | colsweartan |
| Instrumental | colsweartan | colsweartan | colsweartan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | colsweartan | colsweartan | colsweartan |
| Accusative | colsweartan | colsweartan | colsweartan |
| Genitive | colsweartracolsweartena | colsweartracolsweartena | colsweartracolsweartena |
| Dative | colsweartum | colsweartum | colsweartum |
| Instrumental | colsweartum | colsweartum | colsweartum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kulaswartaz. Cognate with West Frisian koalswart, Dutch koolzwart, German kohlschwarz, Swedish kolsvart, Icelandic kolsvartur. Equivalent to col (“coal”) + sweart (“black”).
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