regnwæter
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *regnawatar, from Proto-Germanic *regnawatōr. Cognate with Old High German reganwazzar and Icelandic regnvatn.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
reġnwæter n
Declension[edit]
Declension of regnwæter (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | reġnwæter | reġnwæter |
| accusative | reġnwæter | reġnwæter |
| genitive | reġnwæteres | reġnwætera |
| dative | reġnwætere | reġnwæterum |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: rein water, reyn water, reyne water, rayne water, rayn water
- English: rainwater
Further reading[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “regn-wæter”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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