Old English · adjective

dwæs

Normalised dwǣs

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /dwæːs/
Syllables: dwæːs (1 syllable)
Modern English: stupid clumsy imposter fool dull

dwæs1 · adjective

Senses

stupid, foolish; dull

Declension

Strong declension of dwæs
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dwǣs	dwǣs	dwǣs
Accusative	dwǣsne	dwǣse	dwǣs
Genitive	dwǣses	dwǣsre	dwǣses
Dative	dwǣsum	dwǣsre	dwǣsum
Instrumental	dwǣse	dwǣsre	dwǣse
Plural
Nominative	dwǣse	dwǣsa dwǣse	dwǣs
Accusative	dwǣse	dwǣsa dwǣse	dwǣs
Genitive	dwǣsra	dwǣsra	dwǣsra
Dative	dwǣsum	dwǣsum	dwǣsum
Instrumental	dwǣsum	dwǣsum	dwǣsum

Weak declension of dwæs
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dwǣsa	dwǣse	dwǣse
Accusative	dwǣsan	dwǣsan	dwǣse
Genitive	dwǣsan	dwǣsan	dwǣsan
Dative	dwǣsan	dwǣsan	dwǣsan
Instrumental	dwǣsan	dwǣsan	dwǣsan
Plural
Nominative	dwǣsan	dwǣsan	dwǣsan
Accusative	dwǣsan	dwǣsan	dwǣsan
Genitive	dwǣsra dwǣsena	dwǣsra dwǣsena	dwǣsra dwǣsena
Dative	dwǣsum	dwǣsum	dwǣsum
Instrumental	dwǣsum	dwǣsum	dwǣsum

dwæs2 · noun · masculine

Senses

a clumsy imposter; a fool

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of dwæs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dwǣs	dwǣsas
Accusative	dwǣs	dwǣsas
Genitive	dwǣses	dwǣsa
Dative	dwǣse	dwǣsum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dwās. Akin to Old Frisian dwēs, Middle Low German dwās (“stupid”), Middle Dutch dwaes (Dutch dwaas), Middle High German twās, dwās, Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid, dizzy”), Old Norse *dasa (“to daze”), Old Norse dasask (“to become weary”). More at dizzy, daze.

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