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Old English · noun

wea

Normalised wēa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/wæ͜ɑː/
Syllables
wæ͜ɑː (1 syllable)
Modern English
misfortuneharmtroublewoe

Meaning

  1. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble

    ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...

    Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...

    The Old English rune poem

  2. woe, grief, misery

  3. sin, wickedness

Declension

Declension of wea
SingularPlural
Nominative wēawēan
Accusative wēanwēan
Genitive wēanwēana
Dative wēanwēamwēaum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.

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