waþ
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *waiþu (“hunt, pasture, food”). Cognate with German Weide (“pasture”) and Icelandic veiði (“hunting”).
Declension
Declension of waþ (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wāþ | wāþa, wāþe |
| accusative | wāþe | wāþa, wāþe |
| genitive | wāþe | wāþa |
| dative | wāþe | wāþum |
Related terms
- wǣþan (“to hunt”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wāþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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