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Old English · noun

soþword

Normalised sōþword

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈsoːθˌword/
[ˈsoːðˌworˠd]
Syllables
ˈsoːθ · ˌword (2 syllables)
Modern English
wordproverb

Meaning

  1. a true word, proverb

Declension

Declension of soþword
SingularPlural
Nominative sōþwordsōþword
Accusative sōþwordsōþword
Genitive sōþwordessōþworda
Dative sōþwordesōþwordum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sanþaword, equivalent to sōþ (noun) + word.

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