Old English · noun
pawa
Normalised pāwa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈpɑː.wɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈpɑː · wɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- peacock
Meaning
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peacock
Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.
Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.
c. 1000, The Wonders of the East:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *pāwō.
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