Old English · noun

giedd

Normalised ġiedd

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ji͜ydd/
[ji͜yd]
Syllables: ji͜ydd (1 syllable)
Modern English: yed story tale

Meaning

story, tale, song, poem

mīnre sylfre sīð.

I unleash this song about fully mournful me, my own way.
Iċ þis ġiedd wrece · bī mē ful ġeōmorre,

Declension

Declension of giedd
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġiedd	ġiedd
Accusative	ġiedd	ġiedd
Genitive	ġieddes	ġiedda
Dative	ġiedde	ġieddum

Etymology

There are no exact cognates, though the shape of the word points to a Proto-Germanic *gadją. This would make the ⟨ie⟩ from fronting of *a, palatal diphthongization and i-umlaut, and the geminate ⟨d⟩ from West Germanic gemination which was eventually leveled into the nominative/accusative singular, a development which happened to almost all ja-stems with light root syllables (see hyse).

Descendants

yed

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