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Old English · noun

selfæte

Normalised selfǣte

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈselfˌæː.te/
[ˈseɫvˌæː.te]
Syllables
ˈself · ˌæː · te (3 syllables)
Modern English
oatsoatpossibly

Meaning

  1. the name of a plant, possibly wild oats

Declension

Declension of selfæte
SingularPlural
Nominative selfǣteselfǣtan
Accusative selfǣtanselfǣtan
Genitive selfǣtanselfǣtena
Dative selfǣtanselfǣtum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From self (“same”) + ǣte (“oat”)

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