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Old English · noun

hwæte

Normalised hwǣte

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈxwæː.te/
[ˈʍæː.te]
Syllables
ˈxwæː · te (2 syllables)
Modern English
wheat

Meaning

  1. wheat

Declension

Declension of hwæte
Singular
Nominative hwǣte
Accusative hwǣte
Genitive hwǣtes
Dative hwǣte

All forms (2)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī.

Descendants

wheat

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