deaþ
Old English edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautus. Cognate with Old Frisian dāth, Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch *dōth, Old High German tōd, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dēaþ m
- death
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
- ...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.
- ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
Declension edit
Declension of deaþ (strong a-stem)
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See also edit
- sweltan (“to die”)