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Old English · noun

wop

Normalised wōp

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

wop1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. weeping, lamentation

    æþelinges dēað · āne hwīle, rēone berēotan.

    The weary women wished to bemoan atheling’s death with weeping for a while, to bewail with mourning.

    Woldan wēriġu wīf · wōpe bimǣnan

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wop
SingularPlural
Nominative wōpwōpas
Accusative wōpwōpas
Genitive wōpeswōpa
Dative wōpewōpum

wop2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of wēpan

  2. Inflected form of wēpan

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“clamour, weeping”).

Descendants

whoop, woop

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