wæterig
Old English
Alternative forms
- wætriġ, ƿæteriġ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *watrīgaz (“watery”), equivalent to wæter + -iġ.
Adjective
wæteriġ
- watery.
Declension
Declension of wæterig — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | wæteriġ | wæteriġu, -o | wæteriġ |
Accusative | wæteriġne | wæteriġe | wæteriġ |
Genitive | wæteriġes | wæteriġre | wæteriġes |
Dative | wæteriġum | wæteriġre | wæteriġum |
Instrumental | wæteriġe | wæteriġre | wæteriġe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | wæteriġe | wæteriġa, -e | wæteriġu, -o |
Accusative | wæteriġe | wæteriġa, -e | wæteriġu, -o |
Genitive | wæteriġra | wæteriġra | wæteriġra |
Dative | wæteriġum | wæteriġum | wæteriġum |
Instrumental | wæteriġum | wæteriġum | wæteriġum |
Declension of wæterig — Weak
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | wæteriġa | wæteriġe | wæteriġe |
Accusative | wæteriġan | wæteriġan | wæteriġe |
Genitive | wæteriġan | wæteriġan | wæteriġan |
Dative | wæteriġan | wæteriġan | wæteriġan |
Instrumental | wæteriġan | wæteriġan | wæteriġan |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | wæteriġan | wæteriġan | wæteriġan |
Accusative | wæteriġan | wæteriġan | wæteriġan |
Genitive | wæteriġra, wæteriġena | wæteriġra, wæteriġena | wæteriġra, wæteriġena |
Dative | wæteriġum | wæteriġum | wæteriġum |
Instrumental | wæteriġum | wæteriġum | wæteriġum |
Derived terms
- unwæteriġ
Descendants
- Middle English: wattry, watery
- English: watery
References
- wæterig in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary