manaþ
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mainaiþaz, equivalent to mān + āþ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːnˌɑːθ/
Noun
mānāþ m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mānāþ | mānāþas |
| accusative | mānāþ | mānāþas |
| genitive | mānāþes | mānāþa |
| dative | mānāþe | mānāþum |
Descendants
- Middle English: monoth, manath, manwaþ, maineath
- Scots: mane-atht
See also
- forswerian (“to perjure”)
- mānswara (“perjurer”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mānāþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.