waþ
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *waiþu (“hunt, pasture, food”). Cognate with German Weide (“pasture”) and Icelandic veiði (“hunting”).
Noun
wāþ f
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wāþ | wāþa, wāþe |
| accusative | wāþe | wāþa, wāþe |
| genitive | wāþe | wāþa |
| dative | wāþe | wāþum |
Related terms
- wǣþan (“to hunt”)
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wāþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.