wod

See also: ƿod, wód, -wód, and woɗ-

Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿōd — wynn spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːd/

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *wōdaz. Cognate with Old High German wuot, Old Norse óðr, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds).

Adjective

wōd

1. crazy, insane
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 8:52

     Þā cwǣdon þā Iūdēas, "Nū wē witon þæt þū eart wōd. Ābrahām wæs dēad, and þā wītegan, and þū cwist, 'Ġif hwā mīn word ġehielt, ne biþ hē nǣfre dēad.'"

     Then the Jews said, "Now we know you're crazy. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, and you're saying, 'If anyone keeps my word, they will never die.'"

2. (esp. with dogs and other animals) rabid
3. (rare) mad with anger, enraged

Declension

Declension of wōd — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wōd	wōd	wōd
Accusative	wōdne	wōde	wōd
Genitive	wōdes	wōdre	wōdes
Dative	wōdum	wōdre	wōdum
Instrumental	wōde	wōdre	wōde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wōde	wōda, wōde	wōd
Accusative	wōde	wōda, wōde	wōd
Genitive	wōdra	wōdra	wōdra
Dative	wōdum	wōdum	wōdum
Instrumental	wōdum	wōdum	wōdum

Declension of wōd — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wōda	wōde	wōde
Accusative	wōdan	wōdan	wōde
Genitive	wōdan	wōdan	wōdan
Dative	wōdan	wōdan	wōdan
Instrumental	wōdan	wōdan	wōdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wōdan	wōdan	wōdan
Accusative	wōdan	wōdan	wōdan
Genitive	wōdra, wōdena	wōdra, wōdena	wōdra, wōdena
Dative	wōdum	wōdum	wōdum
Instrumental	wōdum	wōdum	wōdum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ellenwōd (“furious”)
• wēdan (“to rage”)
• wōda (“madman”)
• Wōden (“Odin”)

• wōdfrec (“ravenous”)
• wōdlīċ (“demented”)
• wōdnes (“insanity”)
• wōdþrāg (“fit of madness”)

Descendants

• English: wood, wood², wode

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “wod”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wod”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

Inflected form

Verb

wōd

1. first/third-person preterite singular of wadan

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English word.

Noun

wod

1. word