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Old English · noun

færdeaþ

Normalised fǣrdēaþ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈfæːrˌdæ͜ɑːθ/
Syllables
ˈfæːr · ˌdæ͜ɑːθ (2 syllables)
Modern English
sudden

Meaning

  1. sudden death

Declension

Declension of færdeaþ
SingularPlural
Nominative fǣrdēaþfǣrdēaþas
Accusative fǣrdēaþfǣrdēaþas
Genitive fǣrdēaþesfǣrdēaþa
Dative fǣrdēaþefǣrdēaþum

All forms (6)

Etymology

fǣr (“sudden”) + dēaþ (“death”)

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