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Old English · noun

ea

Normalised ēa

Part of speech
noun, feminine
IPA
/æ͜ɑː/
Syllables
æ͜ɑː (1 syllable)
Modern English
rivereaeaueddyohyeoahrunning water

ea1 · interjection

Senses

  1. oh, alas

ea2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. river

    Þonne west fram Tigris þǣre ēa oþ Eufrate þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndon þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

    Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia

    late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

  2. running water, stream

Declension

Declension of ea
SingularPlural
Nominative ēaēaēan
Accusative ēaēaēan
Genitive ēaīeēa
Dative ēaīeēamēaumēauumēum

All forms (7)

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from earlier *eah, *æh, from Proto-West Germanic *a, *ah (“ah”), related to Old High German a, ah (“ah”). Alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *au, cognate with Old High German au, ō (“oh, ah”).

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).

Descendants

ah, ea, eau, eddy, yeo

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