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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

  1. an upper garment; mantle; cloak

Declension

Declension of loþa
SingularPlural
Nominative loþaloþan
Accusative loþanloþan
Genitive loþanloþena
Dative loþanloþum

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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