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Old English · noun

yþfaru

Normalised ȳþfaru

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈyːθ.fɑ.ru/
Syllables
ˈyːθ · fɑ · ru (3 syllables)
Modern English
wavescourse

Meaning

  1. a course on the waves

  2. the sea

Declension

Declension of yþfaru
SingularPlural
Nominative ȳþfaruȳþfaraȳþfare
Accusative ȳþfareȳþfaraȳþfare
Genitive ȳþfareȳþfara
Dative ȳþfareȳþfarum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Equivalent to ȳþ (“wave”) + faru (“passage”).

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