Reconstruction:Old English/flæd
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This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *flādi (“cleanliness, beauty”)
Noun
[edit]*flǣd f[1]
Declension
[edit]Strong i-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *flǣd | *flǣde, *flǣda |
| accusative | *flǣd, *flǣde | *flǣde, *flǣda |
| genitive | *flǣde | *flǣda |
| dative | *flǣde | *flǣdum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- flēd
References
[edit]- ^ Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 57: “OE *flæd, noun fem.(?) ‘beauty’”