eldertongue

Old English · noun

hemeþe

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈxe.me.θe/
[ˈhe.me.θe]
Syllables
ˈxe · me · θe (3 syllables)
Modern English
shirt

Meaning

  1. shirt

Declension

Declension of hemeþe
SingularPlural
Nominative hemeþehemeþu
Accusative hemeþehemeþu
Genitive hemeþeshemeþa
Dative hemeþehemeþum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”). Doublet of cemes.

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