eldertongue

Old English · noun

cwead

Normalised cwēad

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/kwæ͜ɑːd/
Syllables
kwæ͜ɑːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
excrement

Meaning

  1. dung, excrement

  2. filth

Declension

Declension of cwead
SingularPlural
Nominative cwēadcwēad
Accusative cwēadcwēad
Genitive cwēadescwēada
Dative cwēadecwēadum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From earlier *cwǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *kwād.

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