deaþ

• dǣþ, dēað

From Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautus. Cognate with Old Frisian dāth, Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch *dōth, Old High German tōd, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus).

• IPA^(key): /dæ͜ɑːθ/

dēaþ m

1. death
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"

     ...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.

     ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.

Strong a-stem:

• swylt

• dēad
• *dīeġan

• Middle English: deeth, deeþ, deth, deþ, dethe, deþe, deð, dæð, dæþ (Early Middle English)
  • English: death
  • Scots: deith, daith

• sweltan (“to die”)