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Old English · noun

flod

Normalised flōd

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/floːd/
Syllables
floːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
floodflowingtidedeluge

Meaning

  1. flowing of the tide

    Oft iċ flōde onġēan mūð ontȳnde.

    Oft I opened mouth against a tide.

    c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77:
  2. river, stream; water as opposed to land

    Đā ġesēah hē swymman sċealfran on flōde, and ġelōme doppettan ādūne tō grunde, ēhtende ðearle þǣre ēa fixa.

    Then he saw loons swim in the water, and often dive down toward the bottom, eagerly chasing the fish of the river.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  3. flood, deluge

Declension

Declension of flod
SingularPlural
Nominative flōdflōdas
Accusative flōdflōdas
Genitive flōdesflōda
Dative flōdeflōdum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₃(w)- (“flow”). Cognate with Old Saxon flōd, Old Dutch fluot (Dutch vloed), Old High German fluot (German Flut), Old Norse flóð (Icelandic flóð), Gothic (flōdus).

Descendants

flood

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