eldertongue

Old English · noun

wrot

Normalised wrōt

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

Meaning

  1. snout

  2. trunk; proboscis

Declension

Declension of wrot
SingularPlural
Nominative wrōtwrōtas
Accusative wrōtwrōtas
Genitive wrōteswrōta
Dative wrōtewrōtum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Apparently a clipping of earlier *wrōtl, *wrōtul, *wrōtel, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtil, equivalent to wrōtan + -el.

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