hwælweg

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Old English[edit]

The Pacific Ocean as seen from the International Space Station.

Etymology[edit]

From hwæl +‎ weġ, literally "whale way".

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈxwælˌwej/, [ˈʍælˌwej]

Noun[edit]

hwælweġ m (nominative plural hwælweġas)

the ocean

Declension[edit]

Declension of hwælweg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwælweġ	hwælweġas
accusative	hwælweġ	hwælweġas
genitive	hwælweġes	hwælweġa
dative	hwælweġe	hwælweġum

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hwælweg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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