wod
See also: wód, -wód, and woɗ-
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /woːd/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *wōdaz. Cognate with Old High German wuot, Old Norse óðr, Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌳𐍃 (wōds).
Adjective
wōd
- crazy, insane
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 8:52
- Þā cwǣdon þā Iūdēas, "Nū wē witon þæt þū eart wōd. Ābrahām wæs dēad, and þā wītegan, and þū cwist, 'Ġif hwā mīn word ġehielt, ne biþ hē nǣfre dēad.'"
- Then the Jews said, "Now we know you're crazy. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, and you're saying, 'If anyone keeps my word, they will never die.'"
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Fifth Sunday in Lent"
- Twā bismerlīcu word hīe cwǣdon tō Criste. Ān is þæt hē wǣre Samaritānisċ, ōðer þæt hē dēofol on him hæfde—þæt wē cweðaþ on Englisċ be wōdum menn, "Þū eart wōd."
- They said two insulting things to Christ. One is that he was a Samaritan, the other that he was possessed by a demon—the same thing that we say in English about a crazy person, "You're crazy."
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 8:52
- (esp. with dogs and other animals) rabid
- (rare) mad with anger, enraged
Declension
Declension of wōd — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wōd | wōd | wōd |
| Accusative | wōdne | wōde | wōd |
| Genitive | wōdes | wōdre | wōdes |
| Dative | wōdum | wōdre | wōdum |
| Instrumental | wōde | wōdre | wōde |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | wōde | wōda, wōde | wōd |
| Accusative | wōde | wōda, wōde | wōd |
| Genitive | wōdra | wōdra | wōdra |
| Dative | wōdum | wōdum | wōdum |
| Instrumental | wōdum | wōdum | wōdum |
Declension of wōd — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wōda | wōde | wōde |
| Accusative | wōdan | wōdan | wōde |
| Genitive | wōdan | wōdan | wōdan |
| Dative | wōdan | wōdan | wōdan |
| Instrumental | wōdan | wōdan | wōdan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | wōdan | wōdan | wōdan |
| Accusative | wōdan | wōdan | wōdan |
| Genitive | wōdra, wōdena | wōdra, wōdena | wōdra, wōdena |
| Dative | wōdum | wōdum | wōdum |
| Instrumental | wōdum | wōdum | wōdum |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ellenwōd (“furious”)
- wēdan (“to rage”)
- wōda (“madman”)
- Wōden (“Odin”)
- wōdfrec (“ravenous”)
- wōdlīċ (“demented”)
- wōdnes (“insanity”)
- wōdþrāg (“fit of madness”)
Descendants
- English: wood², wode
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “wod”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “wod”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Etymology 2
Inflected form
Verb
wōd
- first/third-person preterite singular of wadan
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English word.
Noun
wod
- word