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Reconstruction:Old High German/Ostra
Old High German
Alternative forms
- Ôstara, Ôstora
Etymology
from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ
Noun
*Ôstra f
- name of the goddess Easter
Declension
Declension of *Ôstra (n-stem Feminine)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | *Ôstra | Ôstrûn |
accusative | *Ôstrûn | Ôstrûn |
genitive | *Ôstrûn | *Ôstrôno |
dative | *Ôstrûn | *Ôstrôm, *Ôstrôn, |
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
- Jacob Grimm, Teutonic Mythology Vol 4
- ( Gerhard Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014, s.v. ōstara* )