Old English · noun

ides

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ˈi.des/
Syllables: ˈi · des (2 syllables)
Modern English: young lady lady woman queen

Meaning

woman, lady; queen

Iċ āne ġeseah idese sittan.

I once saw a woman sit.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 76:
virgin, young lady

Declension

Declension of ides
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ides	idesa idese
Accusative	idese	idesa idese
Genitive	idese	idesa
Dative	idese	idesum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *idisi, potentially from Proto-Indo-European *h₂idʰ-és- (“fire, flame, burning”). Cognate with Old Saxon idis and Old High German itis. According to Jacob Grimm it is also cognate with Old Norse dís ("goddess"), but this is heavily debated.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ides · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution