petersilige
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *petarsilljā (“parsley, celery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe.ter.si.li.je/, [ˈpe.terˠ.zi.li.je]
Noun
petersiliġe f
Declension
Weak n-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | petersiliġe | petersiliġan |
| accusative | petersiliġan | petersiliġan |
| genitive | petersiliġan | petersiliġena |
| dative | petersiliġan | petersiliġum |
Descendants
- Middle English: watersilie, wætersylie (mistaking p for ƿ (=w))
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “petersiliġe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.