Old English · noun
wisdom
Normalised wīsdōm
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwiːsˌdoːm/[ˈwiːzˌdoːm]
- Syllables
- ˈwiːs · ˌdoːm (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- wisdom
Meaning
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wisdom
Ġyf þē þurh wȳsdōm findon þā ðe þē findon, forġyf mē þonne wȳsdōm...
If by wisdom they find Thee who find Thee, then give me wisdom.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīsdom, Old Saxon wīsdom, Old High German wīstuom, Old Norse vísdómr. Equivalent to wīs + dōm.
Descendants
wisdom
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