eldertongue

Old English · noun

heaþu

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong u-stem
IPA
/ˈxæ͜ɑ.θu/
[ˈhæ͜ɑ.ðu]
Syllables
ˈxæ͜ɑ · θu (2 syllables)
Modern English
compoundsattested

Meaning

  1. war, battle (attested only in compounds)

Declension

Declension of heaþu
SingularPlural
Nominative heaþuheaþa
Accusative heaþuheaþa
Genitive heaþaheaþa
Dative heaþaheaþum

All forms (3)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haþu, from Proto-Germanic *haþuz.

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