waroþ

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n. Cognate with Old High German werid (German Werd, Werder, Wört), Dutch waard.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.roθ/

Noun

waroþ n

  1. shore
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative waroþ waroþas
accusative waroþ waroþas
genitive waroþes waroþa
dative waroþe waroþum
Descendants
  • Middle English: warþe, warth, warthe, wharth
    • English: warth

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Etymology 2

From wār (“seaweed”)

Noun

wāroþ n

  1. seaweed
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