wede

See also: weɗe

Balanta-Ganja

Noun

wede

1. water

Further reading

• Cleonice Candida Gomes, O sistema verbal do Balanta : Um estudo dos morfemas de tempo (2008)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.də/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wēde, from Old Dutch *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Noun

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

1. twig, especially of an oak or willow

   Synonym: twijg

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wede, from Old Dutch *wēd, from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Doublet of wouw.

Noun

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

1. a plant of species Isatis tinctoria (woad or dyer's woad)
2. (by extension) blue dye from the woad plant

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wede, from Old Dutch wido, widu. [1]

Noun

wede f (plural weden or wedes, diminutive wedetje n)

1. (in toponyms) forest

   Synonyms: woud, bos

2. (in toponyms) brushwood, thicket

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

wêde m or f

1. dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria)

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	wêde	wêde
accusative	wêde	wêde
genitive	wêets	wêde
dative	wêde	wêden

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	wêde	wêden
accusative	wêde	wêden
genitive	wêde, wêden	wêden
dative	wêde, wêden	wêden

Descendants

• Dutch: wede

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz.

Noun

wēde f

1. bush, thicket

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	wēde	wēden
accusative	wēde	wēden
genitive	wēde, wēden	wēden
dative	wēde, wēden	wēden

Descendants

• Dutch: wede

Further reading

• “wede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wede (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wede (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweː.de/

Verb

wēde

1. inflection of wēdan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive