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Old English · noun

leoþwise

Normalised lēoþwīse

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈle͜oːθˌwiː.se/
[ˈle͜oːðˌwiː.ze]
Syllables
ˈle͜oːθ · ˌwiː · se (3 syllables)
Modern English
mannerpoeticalverse

Meaning

  1. a poetical manner

    Myċel Englisc bōc on lēoþwīsan geworht

    A great English book composed in a poetical way.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

  2. verse

    Āwend of Lēdene on Englisc on lēoþwīsan.

    Translate from Latin into English in verse.

    1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

Declension

Declension of leoþwise
SingularPlural
Nominative lēoþwīselēoþwīsan
Accusative lēoþwīsanlēoþwīsan
Genitive lēoþwīsanlēoþwīsena
Dative lēoþwīsanlēoþwīsum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Equivalent to lēoþ + wīse.

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