deaþ

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautus. Cognate with Old Frisian dāth, Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch *dōth, Old High German tōd, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus).

Pronunciation

Noun

dēaþ m

  1. death
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
      ...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.
      ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.

Declension

Declension of dēaþ (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative dēaþ dēaþas
accusative dēaþ dēaþas
genitive dēaþes dēaþa
dative dēaþe dēaþum

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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