elþeod

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aliþeudu, equivalent to el- (“foreign”) +‎ þēod (“nation”). Cognate with Old Saxon elithioda, Old High German elidiota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelˌθe͜oːd/

Noun

elþēod f

  1. foreign country or nation; foreigners collectively

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative elþēod elþēoda, elþēode
accusative elþēode elþēoda, elþēode
genitive elþēode elþēoda
dative elþēode elþēodum

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.