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Old English · noun

woda

Normalised wōda

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈwoː.dɑ/
Syllables
ˈwoː · dɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
madmancrazyperson

Meaning

  1. crazy person, madman

    Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.

    The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  2. danger

Declension

Declension of woda
SingularPlural
Nominative wōdawōdan
Accusative wōdanwōdan
Genitive wōdanwōdena
Dative wōdanwōdum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Derived from the adjective wōd (“crazy”).

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