Reconstruction:Old High German/Ostara

This Old High German entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Alternative forms edit

Ôstra, Ôstora

Etymology edit

from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ. Compare gialtara, germara

Noun edit

*Ôstara f

name of the goddess Easter

Declension edit

Declension of *Ôstara (n-stem feminine)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*Ôstara	Ôstarûn
accusative	*Ôstarûn	Ôstarûn
genitive	*Ôstarûn	*Ôstarôno
dative	*Ôstarûn	Ôstarôm, Ôstarôn

References edit

Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass (translator), Teutonic Mythology. Translated from the fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix, Vol. I 1882 and Vol. IV 1888
( Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer. Second Edition, 1906, p. 167: "ōstarūn, ōstoron, wfm. pl. Easter, Pascha" )
( Gerhard Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage), 2014, online, s.v. ōstara* )