regnwæter
Old English
Alternative forms
- rēnwæter
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *regnawatar, from Proto-Germanic *regnawatōr. Cognate with Old High German reganwazzar and Icelandic regnvatn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrejnˌwæ.ter/
Noun
reġnwæter n
- rainwater
Declension
Declension of regnwæter (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | reġnwæter | reġnwæter |
accusative | reġnwæter | reġnwæter |
genitive | reġnwæteres | reġnwætera |
dative | reġnwætere | reġnwæterum |
Descendants
- Middle English: rein water, reyn water, reyne water, rayne water, rayn water
- English: rainwater
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “regn-wæter”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.