Old English · noun
deaþ
Normalised dēaþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /dæ͜ɑːθ/
- Syllables
- dæ͜ɑːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- death
Meaning
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death
...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.
...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautus. Cognate with Old Frisian dāth, Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch *dōth, Old High German tōd, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic (dauþus).
Descendants
death
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