Old English · noun
werod
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwe.rod/
- Syllables
- ˈwe · rod (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- troopcompanyarmy
Meaning
-
troop, company, army
On þām ġefeohte ēac swylċe Ðēodbald Æþelfriþes brōþor was ofslæġen mid ealle þȳ weorode þe hē lǣdde.
Likewise in that battle Theodbald, Aethelfrith's brother, was slain with the whole army that he led.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *werud.
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