Old English · noun

meord

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /me͜ord/
[me͜orˠd]
Syllables: me͜ord (1 syllable)
Modern English: wage reward payment

Meaning

reward, payment, wage

Declension

Declension of meord
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meord	meorda meorde
Accusative	meorde	meorda meorde
Genitive	meorde	meorda
Dative	meorde	meordum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”).

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