waþ
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿāþ – wynn spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue, suppress”). Cognate with German Weide (“pasture”) and Icelandic veiði (“hunting”).
Noun
wāþ f
- wandering
- hunting, chase
Declension
Declension of waþ (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wāþ | wāþa, wāþe |
| accusative | wāþe | wāþa, wāþe |
| genitive | wāþe | wāþa |
| dative | wāþe | wāþum |
Related terms
- wǣþan (“to hunt”)
Descendants
- Middle English: wathe, waith, wayth
- English: wathe
References
- wāþ in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary