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Old English · noun

sigþe

Normalised siġþe

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈsij.θe/
[ˈsij.ðe]
Syllables
ˈsij · θe (2 syllables)
Modern English
scythemowingsickle

Meaning

  1. an implement for mowing; scythe, sickle

Declension

Declension of sigþe
SingularPlural
Nominative siġþesiġþas
Accusative siġþesiġþas
Genitive siġþessiġþa
Dative siġþesiġþum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sigiþī, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz (“sickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”).

Descendants

scythe

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