Old English · noun

muþ

Normalised mūþ

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /muːθ/
Syllables: muːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: mouth maath opening

Meaning

mouth

Iċ þurh mūþ sprece mongum reordum,…

I speak with many voices through mouth,…
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:
opening, door, gate

Declension

Declension of muþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūþ	mūþas
Accusative	mūþ	mūþas
Genitive	mūþes	mūþa
Dative	mūþe	mūþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *munþ. Cognates Cognates include Old Frisian mūth, mund, mond (North Frisian müth, West Frisian mûn), Old Saxon mūth, Old Dutch mund (Dutch mond), Old High German mund (German Mund), Old Norse muðr, munnr (Danish mund, Icelandic munnur, Norwegian munn, Swedish mun), Gothic (munþs).

Descendants

maath, mouth

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