medu

See also: medü, medū, and među

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛdu]

Noun

medu m inan

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of med

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese medo.

Noun

medu

  1. fear

Latvian

Noun

medu m

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of medus

Middle English

Noun

medu

  1. alternative form of medwe

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.du/

Noun

medu m

  1. mead
    • Hwilum æfter medo menn mæst geþyrsteð ― sometimes men are thirstiest after mead. (Durham Proverbs)
    • mægæ medu ― mead for the kinsman (Undley bracteate)

Declension

Strong u-stem:

singular plural
nominative medu meda
accusative medu meda
genitive meda meda
dative meda medum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: mede, methe (influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

medu (Cyrillic spelling меду)

  1. dative/vocative/locative singular of med

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmedu]

Noun

medu m

  1. genitive/dative singular of med
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