muþ
See also: muy, muth, mùth, and muð
Middle English
Noun
muþ
- Alternative form of mouth
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.
Cognates
Cognates include Old Frisian mūth, mund, mond (North Frisian müth, West Frisian mûn), Old Saxon mūth, Old Dutch mund (Dutch mond), Old High German mund (German Mund), Old Norse muðr, munnr (Danish mund, Icelandic munnur, Norwegian munn, Swedish mun), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːθ/
Noun
mūþ m
- mouth
- opening, door, gate
Declension
Declension of muþ (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mūþ | mūþas |
| accusative | mūþ | mūþas |
| genitive | mūþes | mūþa |
| dative | mūþe | mūþum |
Derived terms
- mūþlēas
Descendants
- Middle English: mouth
- English: mouth
- Scots: mooth
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “muþ”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan