meþe
Old English
Alternative forms
- mēðe, mœ̄þe, mœ̄ðe
Etymology
From earlier *mœ̄þī, from West Germanic *mōþī, from Proto-Germanic *mōþijaz, *mōþaz. Related to Old Frisian mōthe, Old Saxon mōthi, Old Dutch muothi, Old High German muodi, Old Norse móðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːθe/, [ˈmeːðe]
Adjective
mēþe
- tired
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | mēþa | mēþe | mēþe | mēþan | nom. | mēþe | mēþe | mēþu | mēþe | mēþu, -e | mēþa, -e | ||
| accusative | mēþan | mēþe | mēþan | acc. | mēþne | mēþe | mēþe | mēþe | mēþu, -e | mēþa, -e | |||
| genitive | mēþan | mēþra, mēþena | gen. | mēþes | mēþes | mēþre | mēþra | ||||||
| dative | mēþan | mēþum | dat. | mēþum | mēþum | mēþre | mēþum | ||||||
| instrumental | mēþe | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- sæd
Derived terms
- mēþnes