uþ-

Old English

Alternative forms

• ōþ-

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *unþ-. Akin to Gothic unþa-, Old English *und- (“up to”) (providing first element in such words as until, unto), Old Frisian and Old Saxon und "until", Old High German unzi, Gothic und "unto, until", Old English preposition oþ "until, up to",

Prefix

ūþ-

1. prefix denoting departure, from, away

   ūþgenge "fleeting, vanishing, departing; alien, fugitive"

2. intensive prefix

   ūþmǣte "huge, immense"

   ūþwita "scholar, philisopher, sage; scribe, Pharisee"

Usage notes

The prefix has two forms: a stressed form ūþ-, and unstressed oþ-