Old English · noun
loþa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈlo.θɑ/[ˈlo.ðɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈlo · θɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mantlegarment
Meaning
-
an upper garment; mantle; cloak
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *luþō, from Proto-Germanic *luþô (“coarse woolen cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lūt-, *lūd- (“weak, languid”). Cognate with Old Frisian lotha (“thick robe”), Old Saxon lotho (“thick wool robe”), Old High German lodo, ludo (“thick woolen cloth”).
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