yþ

See also: þy, yy, .y'y, y/y, and -yy

Old English

FWOTD – 26 January 2014

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unþī, from Proto-Indo-European *unt-. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon ūthia, Old High German undea, Old Norse unnr, uðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːθ/

Noun

ȳþ f

1. wave (of water)
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil‎^[1]:

     On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.

     On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves into its own place.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ȳþ	ȳþe, ȳþa
accusative	ȳþ, ȳþe	ȳþe, ȳþa
genitive	ȳþe	ȳþa
dative	ȳþe	ȳþum

Derived terms

• ārȳþ
• ēastrēamȳþ
• flōdȳþ
• ġeofonȳþ
• līeġȳþ
• oferȳþ
• sǣȳþ
• sealtȳþ
• seolhȳþa
• wæterȳþ
• ȳþbord
• ȳþfaru
• ȳþġebland
• ȳþġewinn
• ȳþhenġest
• ȳþhof
• ȳþian
• ȳþiġ
• ȳþlād
• ȳþlāf
• ȳþlid
• ȳþlida
• ȳþmearh
• ȳþmere
• ȳþwōrian

Descendants

• Middle English: ythe, ithe, uðe, uþe, uþæ, yþe