winterbiter
Old English
Alternative forms
- ƿinterbiter
Etymology
Equivalent to winter + biter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwinterˌbiter/
Adjective
winterbiter
- bitter with winter
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | winterbit(e)ra | winterbit(e)re | winterbit(e)re | winterbit(e)ran | nom. | winterbiter | winterbit(e)re | winterbiter | winterbit(e)ra, -e | ||||
| accusative | winterbit(e)ran | winterbit(e)re | winterbit(e)ran | acc. | winterbiterne | winterbiter | winterbit(e)re | winterbit(e)re | winterbiter | winterbit(e)ra, -e | |||
| genitive | winterbit(e)ran | winterbiterra, winterbit(e)rena | gen. | winterbit(e)res | winterbit(e)res | winterbiterre | winterbiterra | ||||||
| dative | winterbit(e)ran | winterbit(e)rum | dat. | winterbit(e)rum | winterbit(e)rum | winterbiterre | winterbit(e)rum | ||||||
| instrumental | winterbit(e)re | ||||||||||||
Further reading
- WINTERBITER in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary