waroþ

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Old English

Alternative forms

  • ƿaroþ — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n. Cognate with Old High German werid (German Werd, Werder, Wört), Dutch waard.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

waroþ n

  1. shore

Descendants

  • Middle English: warþe, warth, warthe, wharth
    • English: warth

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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