werþeod in Old English

IPA: /ˈwerˌθe͜oːd/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From wer (“man”) + þēod (“people”) Etymology templates: {{com|ang|wer|þēod|t1=man|t2=people}} wer (“man”) + þēod (“people”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=werþēod|head2=|sort=}} werþēod n, {{ang-noun|n|head=werþēod}} werþēod n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|werþēod}}, {{ang-decl-noun|werþēod|werþēoda,werþēode|werþēode|werþēoda,werþēode|werþēode|werþēoda|werþēode|werþēodum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: werþēod [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], werþēod [nominative, singular], werþēoda [nominative, plural], werþēode [nominative, plural], werþēode [accusative, singular], werþēoda [accusative, plural], werþēode [accusative, plural], werþēode [genitive, singular], werþēoda [genitive, plural], werþēode [dative, singular], werþēodum [dative, plural]

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"werþeod" meaning in Old English

Noun