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Old English · noun

cwabbe

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈkwɑb.be/
Syllables
ˈkwɑb · be (2 syllables)
Modern English
quabquabmirequagquagmirequobsoftmarshy

Meaning

  1. soft marshy ground

Declension

Declension of cwabbe
SingularPlural
Nominative cwabbecwabban
Accusative cwabbancwabban
Genitive cwabbancwabbena
Dative cwabbancwabbum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā.

Descendants

quab, quabmire, quag, quagmire, quob

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