hwæte
Middle English edit
Noun edit
hwæte
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of whete
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hwǣte m
Declension edit
Declension of hwæte (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hwǣte | — |
| accusative | hwǣte | — |
| genitive | hwǣtes | — |
| dative | hwǣte | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle English: whete, ȝwete, huete, weete, wete, wheete, whet, whette, wheyte, wheytt, whiett, whyte; quete, quheyt, qwet, qwhete; hwæte, hweate, hwete, whæte
References edit
- ^ “quhete” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ^ “white” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.