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Old English · noun

med

Normalised mēd

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/meːd/
Syllables
meːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
rewardmeed

Meaning

  1. reward

    (possible translations:) • this she-wolf is a reward to a kinsman • abracadabra: to a kinsman this reward

    c. 475 C.E., Undley bracteate:

Declension

Declension of med
SingularPlural
Nominative mēdmēdamēde
Accusative mēdemēdamēde
Genitive mēdemēda
Dative mēdemēdum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu.

Descendants

meed

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