Old English · noun
healswriþa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈxæ͜ɑlsˌwri.θɑ/[ˈhæ͜ɑɫzˌwri.ðɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈxæ͜ɑls · ˌwri · θɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- collarneck
Meaning
-
neck collar
hringan hæfted, · hȳran ġeorne, mīn bed brecan, · breahtme cȳþan þæt mē halswriþan · hlāford sealde.
Busy with time, I should keenly hearken my servant, grasped by rings, break my bed, make known by noise that lord gave me a neck collar.
Iċ sċeal þrāgbysiġ · þeġne mīnum,
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | healswriþa | healswriþan |
| Accusative | healswriþan | healswriþan |
| Genitive | healswriþan | healswriþena |
| Dative | healswriþan | healswriþum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From heals (“neck”) + wriþa (“collar, ring”).
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