Old English · noun
flodweg
Normalised flōdweġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈfloːdˌwej/
- Syllables
- ˈfloːd · ˌwej (2 syllables)
Meaning
-
sea path
Bearwas blōstmum nimað, byriġ fæġriað, wongas wlitiġað, woruld ōnetteð. Ealle þā ġemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan tō sīþe, þām þe swā þenċeð on flōdwegas, feor ġewītað.
Groves bloom with bloomers, towns blossom, fields grow fair, the world runs forth. These things drive the keen heart of mind on the way, whom thinks so on seaways, set out far away.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From flōd (“water”) + weġ (“way”).
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