Old English · noun
elþeod
Normalised elþēod
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈelˌθe͜oːd/
- Syllables
- ˈel · ˌθe͜oːd (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- foreignerscollectivelyforeignerforeignnation
Meaning
-
foreign country or nation; foreigners collectively
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aliþeudu, equivalent to el- (“foreign”) + þēod (“nation”). Cognate with Old Saxon elithioda, Old High German elidiota.
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