woþ
Middle English
editNoun
editwoþ
- Alternative form of wothe
Adjective
editwoþ
- Alternative form of wothe
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wōþō (compare wōd), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂t-eh₂, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwōþ f
- sound; noise; cry
- speech; articulation; eloquence
- song; poetry
- voice
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8[1]:
- Saga hwæt iċ hātte, þe swā scireniġe scēawendwīsan hlūde onhyrġe, hæleþum bodie wilcumena fela wōþe mīnre.
- Say what I am called, who as actress loudly imitate a jester song, proclaim many welcome guests as heroes with my voice.
Declension
editDeclension of woþ (strong ō-stem)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wōþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English adjectives
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂t-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English ō-stem nouns