watar
Kambera edit
Noun edit
watar
Old Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Noun edit
watar n
- water
- UUi lithon thuro fûir in thuro uuatir, in brâhtos unsig an cuolithon
- We went through fire and through water, and you brought us to coolness
- Visc flot aftar themo watare, verbrustun sina vetherun. Tho gihelida ina use Druhtin: The selvo Druhtin, thie thena visc gihelda, thie gihele that hers theru. Spurihelti. AMEN.
- The fish floats on the water
Inflection edit
Declension of watar
Singular | Plural | |
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nominative | watar | watar |
accusative | watar | watar |
genitive | watris | watro |
dative | watre, watare | watron |
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle Dutch: wāter
Further reading edit
- “watar”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *watar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.
Noun edit
watar n
- water
- He stod imo tho bi enes uuatares staðe, ni uuelde tho bi themu gethringe
- he stood himself then by the shore, then he did not want to be with the crowd (Heliand, verse 2378)
- He stod imo tho bi enes uuatares staðe, ni uuelde tho bi themu gethringe
Declension edit
Declension of watar (neuter a-stem)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | watar | watar |
accusative | watar | watar |
genitive | watres | watrō |
dative | watre | watrum |
instrumental | — | — |