Old English · noun
seaþ
Normalised sēaþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /sæ͜ɑːθ/
- Syllables
- sæ͜ɑːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- seathsethreservoirpitholelake
Meaning
-
pit; hole
-
well
-
lake; reservoir
Þǣr syndan.II. sēaðas, ōðer sunnan ⁊ ōðer mōnan. Sē ðe sunnan is sē byð dæġes hāt ⁊ nihtes ċeald, ⁊ sē ðe mōnan is sē bið neahtes hāt ⁊ dæġes cald.
There are two lakes there, one of the sun and the other of the moon. The one of the sun is hot during the day and cold at night, and the one of the moon is hot at night and cold during the day.
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Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sauþ, from Proto-Germanic *sauþaz. Cognate with Old Frisian sāth, Old Norse seyðr.
Descendants
seath, seth
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