eldertongue

Old English · noun

seaw

Normalised sēaw

Part of speech
noun, masculine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/sæ͜ɑːw/
Syllables
sæ͜ɑːw (1 syllable)
Modern English
bodily fluidjuicesewsapmoisturebodilyfluid

Meaning

  1. juice, sap

  2. moisture

  3. bodily fluid

Declension

Declension of seaw
SingularPlural
Nominative sēawsēawsēawas
Accusative sēawsēawsēawas
Genitive sēawessēawa
Dative sēawesēawum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sauw. Cognate with Old High German sou (“juice”), Old Norse sǫggr (“moist”) (Icelandic söggur), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“damp, humid”). Probably related to English sog.

Descendants

sew

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