Old English · noun

widuwe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈwi.du.we/
Syllables: ˈwi · du · we (3 syllables)
Modern English: widow

Meaning

widow

Widuwe is wīf þǣre wer is dēad.

A widow is a woman whose husband is dead.

Declension

Declension of widuwe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	widuwe	widuwan
Accusative	widuwan	widuwan
Genitive	widuwan	widuwena
Dative	widuwan	widuwum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognate with Old Frisian widwe, Old Saxon widowa, Old Dutch widowa, Old High German wituwa, Gothic (widuwō).

Descendants

widow

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