Old English · noun
is
Normalised īs
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /iːs/
- Syllables
- iːs (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- icerunic
is1 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
ice
Ofer ēastrēamas īs bryċġode.
The ice formed a bridge over the streams.
the Legend of St Andrew -
the runic character (/i(ː)/)
byþ oferċeald, unġemeted slidor...
Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery...
The Old English rune poem
Declension · strong a-stem
is2 · verb · inflected form
Senses
-
third-person singular present indicative of wesan
-
Inflected form of wesan
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą. See there for more.
From Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”).
Descendants
ice, is
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