eldertongue

Old English · noun

wind

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/wind/
Syllables
wind (1 syllable)
Modern English
windflatulence

Meaning

  1. wind

    Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.

    I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with worship, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:

  2. flatulence

Declension

Declension of wind
SingularPlural
Nominative windwindas
Accusative windwindas
Genitive windeswinda
Dative windewindum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wind. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wind, Old Saxon wind, Dutch wind, Old High German wint (German Wind), Old Norse vindr (Swedish vind), Gothic (winds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ventus (French vent), Welsh gwynt, Tocharian A want, Tocharian B yente.

Descendants

wind

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