woþ

woþ

1. alternative form of wothe

woþ

1. alternative form of wothe

• woð

From Proto-Germanic *wōþō (compare wōd), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂t-eh₂, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).

• IPA^(key): /woːθ/

wōþ f

1. sound; noise; cry
2. speech; articulation; eloquence
3. song; poetry
4. voice
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎^[1]:

     Saga hwæt iċ hātte, þe swā scireniġe scēawendwīsan hlūde onhyrġe, hæleþum bodie wilcumena fela wōþe mīnre.

     Say what I am called, who as actress loudly imitate a jester song, proclaim many welcome guests as heroes with my voice.

Strong ō-stem:

• hēafodwōþ

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wōþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.