waþem

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Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

waþem m

  1. wave, billow
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
      hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
      wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,
      since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
      with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
      traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative waþem waþemas
accusative waþem waþemas
genitive waþemes waþema
dative waþeme waþemum

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