Old English · noun
geoguþ
Normalised ġeoguþ
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈju.ɡuθ/[ˈju.ɣuθ]
- Syllables
- ˈju · ɡuθ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- youth
Meaning
-
youth (quality or state of being young)
hū hine on ġeoguðe · his goldwine wenede tō wiste · Wyn eal ġedrēas.
He remembers hall-men and takings of treasures, how his goldfriend accustomed him to feast on youth. Mirth has completely perished.
Ġemon hē seleseċġas · ond sincþege, -
youth (young person or people)
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz. Cognate with Old Frisian jogethe, Old Saxon juguth, Old Dutch iuginde, and Old High German jugund.
Descendants
youth
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