cwiþ

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kweþuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwiθ/

Noun

cwiþ m

womb, uterus
belly, stomach

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cwiþ	cwiþas
accusative	cwiþ	cwiþas
genitive	cwiþes	cwiþa
dative	cwiþe	cwiþum

Descendants

Middle English: *kid, *kit (in compound: kidenere, kidnere)
- Scots: kyte
- English: kite, kidney

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwiþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwiθ/

Verb

cwiþ

third-person singular present indicative of cweþan