Old English · adjective
dead
Normalised dēad
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /dæ͜ɑːd/
- Syllables
- dæ͜ɑːd (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- dead
Meaning
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dead
Phillippus him dyde heora wīġ unweorð, ōð hyne ān Cwēne scēat þurh þæt þēoh, þæt þæt hors wæs dēad, þe hē on ufan sæt.
Phillippus did them their battle ignoble, until a queen shot him through the thigh, that the horse was dead, which he sat on at the top.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | dēad | dēad | dēad |
| Accusative | dēadne | dēade | dēad |
| Genitive | dēades | dēadre | dēades |
| Dative | dēadum | dēadre | dēadum |
| Instrumental | dēade | dēadre | dēade |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | dēade | dēadadēade | dēad |
| Accusative | dēade | dēadadēade | dēad |
| Genitive | dēadra | dēadra | dēadra |
| Dative | dēadum | dēadum | dēadum |
| Instrumental | dēadum | dēadum | dēadum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | dēada | dēade | dēade |
| Accusative | dēadan | dēadan | dēade |
| Genitive | dēadan | dēadan | dēadan |
| Dative | dēadan | dēadan | dēadan |
| Instrumental | dēadan | dēadan | dēadan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | dēadan | dēadan | dēadan |
| Accusative | dēadan | dēadan | dēadan |
| Genitive | dēadradēadena | dēadradēadena | dēadradēadena |
| Dative | dēadum | dēadum | dēadum |
| Instrumental | dēadum | dēadum | dēadum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Cognate with Old Frisian dād, Old Saxon dōd, Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic (dauþs).
Descendants
dead
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