swæþ
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Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *swaþ, from Proto-Germanic *swaþō, from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”).[1] Cognate with Old Norse svæði (“open field”).
Noun[edit]
swæþ n
Declension[edit]
Declension of swæþ (strong a-stem)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *swaþ-. Compare Middle Low German swēde (“dressing for a wound, wrap, compress, bandage”), Middle High German swede (“wound dressing, bandage”), Middle High German swade (“strip, band, film”).
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Noun[edit]
swæþ ?
Usage notes[edit]
- The exact gender and nominative form are unknown, as the word is attested once in the dative plural form swaþum.
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References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3030, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030
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