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Old English · noun

wegbræde

Normalised weġbrǣde

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈwejˌbræː.de/
Syllables: ˈwej · ˌbræː · de (3 syllables)
Modern English: plantain waybread waybred major plantago plantago major

Meaning

plantain (Plantago major)

Declension

Declension of wegbræde
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	weġbrǣde	weġbrǣdan
Accusative	weġbrǣdan	weġbrǣdan
Genitive	weġbrǣdan	weġbrǣdena
Dative	weġbrǣdan	weġbrǣdum

All forms (4)

weġbrǣde
weġbrǣdan
weġbrǣdena
weġbrǣdum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wegabraidā; equivalent to weġ (“way”) + brǣde (“breadth”)

Descendants

waybread, waybred

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