eldertongue

Old English · noun

witga

Normalised wītga

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈwiːt.ɡɑ/
[ˈwiːt.ɣɑ]
Syllables
ˈwiːt · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
seerprophetforeshadowingsagewisemanpresageomen

Meaning

  1. seer, prophet

  2. wiseman, sage

  3. foreshadowing, presage, omen

Declension

Declension of witga
SingularPlural
Nominative wītgawītgan
Accusative wītganwītgan
Genitive wītganwītgena
Dative wītganwītgum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From earlier *wītægā, from Proto-West Germanic *wītagō.

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