Old English · noun
yþ
Normalised ȳþ
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /yːθ/
- Syllables
- yːθ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wave
Meaning
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wave (of water)
On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.
On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves into its own place.
c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unþī, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon ūthia, Old High German undea, Old Norse unnr, uðr.
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