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Old English · noun

wudu

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong u-stem
IPA
/ˈwu.du/
Syllables
ˈwu · du (2 syllables)
Modern English
woodwoods

Meaning

  1. wood

  2. forest, woods

    Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.

    If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.

    Laws of King Ine

  3. tree

Declension

Declension of wudu
SingularPlural
Nominative wuduwuda
Accusative wuduwuda
Genitive wudawuda
Dative wudawudum

All forms (3)

Etymology

Assimilated from earlier widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz, from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- (“tree, beam”). Cognate with Old Saxon widu, Old High German witu, Old Norse viðr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish fid, Welsh gwŷdd.

Descendants

wood

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