wæterflod

Old English

Etymology

From wæter +‎ flōd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæ.terˌfloːd/

Noun

wæterflōd m (nominative plural wæterflōdas)

1. a waterflood; a flooding of water, inundation, deluge

Declension

Declension of wæterflod (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wæterflōd	wæterflōdas
accusative	wæterflōd	wæterflōdas
genitive	wæterflōdes	wæterflōda
dative	wæterflōde	wæterflōdum

Descendants

• Middle English: waterrflod
  • English: waterflood

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wæterflód”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.