þweorh
See also: þweorh-
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *þwerh (“against, contrary”). Akin to Old English þwēorian (“to oppose, thwart”). Cognate with Old Saxon thwerh, Old Norse þverr, Dutch dwars.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
þweorh
- cross, transverse
- þweorhfuru ― a cross-furrow
- adverse, opposed
- crooked, bent
- angry
- perverse, depraved
- þwēortīeme ― contentious, perverse, wicked
- þwēorscipe ― perversity, depravity, iniquity
Declension edit
Declension of þweorh — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | þweorh | þweorh | þweorh |
Accusative | þwēorne | þwēore | þweorh |
Genitive | þwēores | þwēorre | þwēores |
Dative | þwēorum | þwēorre | þwēorum |
Instrumental | þwēore | þwēorre | þwēore |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | þwēore | þwēora, þwēore | þweorh |
Accusative | þwēore | þwēora, þwēore | þweorh |
Genitive | þwēorra | þwēorra | þwēorra |
Dative | þwēorum | þwēorum | þwēorum |
Instrumental | þwēorum | þwēorum | þwēorum |
Declension of þweorh — Weak
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þweorh”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.