Old English · noun
medu
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong u-stem
- IPA
- /ˈme.du/
- Syllables
- ˈme · du (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mead
Meaning
-
mead
Hwilum æfter medo menn mæst geþyrsteð
sometimes men are thirstiest after mead. (Durham Proverbs)
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).
Descendants
mead
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