eldertongue

Old English · noun

waroþ

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈwɑ.roθ/
Syllables
ˈwɑ · roθ (2 syllables)
Modern English
warthshoreseaweed

waroþ1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. shore

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of waroþ
SingularPlural
Nominative waroþwaroþas
Accusative waroþwaroþas
Genitive waroþeswaroþa
Dative waroþewaroþum

waroþ2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. seaweed

    iċ eom wyrslīcre þonne þēs wudu fūla

    I am viler than this foul wood or this seaweed that lies here, cast up

    Exeter Book, riddle 40

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n. Cognate with Old High German werid (German Werd, Werder, Wört), Dutch waard.

By surface analysis, wār (“seaweed”) + -oþ

Descendants

warth

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