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
-
flowing of the tide
Oft iċ flōde onġēan mūð ontȳnde.
Oft I opened mouth against a tide.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 77: -
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 -
flood, deluge
Declension
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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