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Old English · noun

waþ

Normalised wāþ

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/wɑːθ/
Syllables
wɑːθ (1 syllable)
Modern English
wanderingchase

Meaning

  1. wandering

  2. hunting, chase

Declension

Declension of waþ
SingularPlural
Nominative wāþwāþawāþe
Accusative wāþewāþawāþe
Genitive wāþewāþa
Dative wāþewāþum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *waiþu (“hunt, pasture, food”). Cognate with German Weide (“pasture”) and Icelandic veiði (“hunting”).

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