spring

spring (nominative singular)
springas (nominative plural)
spring (accusative singular)
springas (accusative plural)
springes (genitive singular)
springa (genitive plural)
springe (dative singular)
springum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: spryng, spring, springe, sprung, sprynge
English: spring
Scots: spring

From Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz


sic

Middle English: sych, syk, syke
English: sitch, sike
Scots: sike, syke

From Proto-West Germanic *sīk, from Proto-Germanic *sīką.


ea

ēa (canonical feminine)
ēa (nominative plural)
ēan (nominative plural)
ēa (nominative singular)
ēa (nominative plural)
ēan (nominative plural)
ēa (accusative singular)
ēa (accusative plural)
ēan (accusative plural)
ēa (genitive singular)
īe (genitive singular)
ēa (genitive plural)
ēa (dative singular)
īe (dative singular)
ēam (dative plural)
ēaum (dative plural)

Middle English: ee, æ, ea, eaa (Early Middle English), *eo
English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

⇒ Old English: edēa (with prefix ed-)

Middle English: eddy

English: eddy

From Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”).


regn

reġn (canonical masculine)
reġn (nominative singular)
reġnas (nominative plural)
reġn (accusative singular)
reġnas (accusative plural)
reġnes (genitive singular)
reġna (genitive plural)
reġne (dative singular)
reġnum (dative plural)

Middle English: reyn, rain, rayn, rayne, rein, reine, reigne, ren, ræin, reȝȝn (Early Middle English)
English: rain
Scots: rain
Yola: rhyne, ryne

From Proto-West Germanic *regn (changed to masculine), from Proto-Germanic *regną (neuter).


æ

letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011); Called æsċ (“ash tree”) after the Anglo-Saxon ᚫ rune


mere

mere (nominative singular)
meras (nominative plural)
mere (accusative singular)
meras (accusative plural)
meres (genitive singular)
mera (genitive plural)
mere (dative singular)
merum (dative plural)

Middle English: mere

English: mere

Scots: mere

From Proto-West Germanic *mari (“sea, lake”).
Cognates
Cognate with Old Frisian mere (West Frisian mar), Old Saxon meri (Low German Meer), Dutch meer, Old High German meri (German Meer), Old Norse marr (Swedish mar). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin mare, Old Irish muir (Breton mor), Old Church Slavonic море (more) (Russian мо́ре (móre)), Lithuanian mãre.


brim

brim (nominative singular)
brimu (nominative plural)
brim (accusative singular)
brimu (accusative plural)
brimes (genitive singular)
brima (genitive plural)
brime (dative singular)
brimum (dative plural)


lagu

lagu (nominative singular)
laga (nominative plural)
lagu (accusative singular)
laga (accusative plural)
laga (genitive singular)
laga (genitive plural)
laga (dative singular)
lagum (dative plural)

desc

Middle English: lai, laie, leye, laȝe, lawe

English: lay

From Proto-West Germanic *lagu (“water, sea”).
Cognate with Latin lacus (“hollow, pond”), Old Irish loch (“lake, pond”), Ancient Greek λάκκος (lákkos, “waterhole, pond, pit”).


riþ

Middle English: rīth

Middle English: rith

From Proto-West Germanic *rīþ, from Proto-Germanic *rīþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃riHtís. Cognate with Old Frisian ryd, Middle Low German rid.


broc

brōc (canonical masculine)
brōc (nominative singular)
brōcas (nominative plural)
brōc (accusative singular)
brōcas (accusative plural)
brōces (genitive singular)
brōca (genitive plural)
brōce (dative singular)
brōcum (dative plural)

Middle English: brook

English: brook

Scots: broke, bruke

From Proto-West Germanic *brōk (etymology 2).


hranrad

hranrād (canonical feminine)
hranrād (nominative singular)
hranrāda (nominative plural)
hranrāde (nominative plural)
hranrāde (accusative singular)
hranrāda (accusative plural)
hranrāde (accusative plural)
hranrāde (genitive singular)
hranrāda (genitive plural)
hranrāde (dative singular)
hranrādum (dative plural)

[ˈr̥ɑnˌrɑːd]

Kenning of hran (“whale”) + rād (“road”).


flowan

flōwan (canonical)
flōwan (infinitive)
flōwenne (infinitive)
flōwe (first-person present singular)
flēow (first-person past singular)
flēwst (present second-person singular)
flēowe (past second-person singular)
flēwþ (present singular third-person)
flēow (past singular third-person)
flōwaþ (plural present)
flēowon (past plural)
flōwe (present singular)
flēowe (past singular)
flōwen (plural present)
flēowen (past plural)
flōw (imperative past present singular)
flōwaþ (imperative past plural present)
flōwende (imperative present)
flōwen (imperative past)
ġeflōwen (imperative past)

desctree

Middle English: flowen, floȝen, flouen, flowe, flue, flwy, flowenn (Ormulum)
English: flow
Scots: flow

From Proto-West Germanic *flōan, from Proto-Germanic *flōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.


sæ

sǣ (canonical feminine)
sǣ (nominative singular)
sǣ (nominative plural)
sǣ (accusative singular)
sǣ (accusative plural)
sǣ (genitive singular)
sǣ (genitive plural)
sǣ (dative singular)
sǣm (dative plural)
sǣwum (dative plural)
sǣ (nominative singular)
sǣs (nominative plural)
sǣ (accusative singular)
sǣs (accusative plural)
sǣs (genitive singular)
sǣ (genitive plural)
sǣ (dative singular)
sǣm (dative plural)
sǣwum (dative plural)

ang-decl-noun

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

desctree

Middle English: see, ce, sæ, se, sea, sei, ze
English: sea
Scots: se, see, sey, seye, sie
Yola: zea, zee

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
ġeond lagulāde · longe sċeolde
hrēran mid hondum · hrīmċealde sǣ,
wadan wræclāstas. · Wyrd bið ful ārǣd.

A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful,
through a sea-way he should for long
stir the frost-cold sea with hands,
travel paths of exile. Fate is well stalwart.


iegstream

īeġstrēam (canonical masculine)
īeġstrēam (nominative singular)
īeġstrēamas (nominative plural)
īeġstrēam (accusative singular)
īeġstrēamas (accusative plural)
īeġstrēames (genitive singular)
īeġstrēama (genitive plural)
īeġstrēame (dative singular)
īeġstrēamum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *auwjustraum, equivalent to īeġ (“island”) + strēam (“current; stream”).


gicel

ġiċel (canonical masculine)
ġiċel (nominative singular)
ġiċelas (nominative plural)
ġiċel (accusative singular)
ġiċelas (accusative plural)
ġiċeles (genitive singular)
ġiċela (genitive plural)
ġiċele (dative singular)
ġiċelum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: ikil, ykel, ykle, ychele, ikyl
English: ickle, eckle

From Proto-West Germanic *jikil, *jekul (“icicle”).


burne

burne (nominative singular)
burnan (nominative plural)
burnan (accusative singular)
burnan (accusative plural)
burnan (genitive singular)
burnena (genitive plural)
burnan (dative singular)
burnum (dative plural)

Middle English: burne

English: bourn, burn

Scots: burn

From Proto-Germanic *brunnô (“stream, brook”).

inh

a stream, brook, river, or other running water


deaw

dēaw (canonical masculine neuter)
dēaw (nominative singular)
dēawas (nominative plural)
dēaw (accusative singular)
dēawas (accusative plural)
dēawes (genitive singular)
dēawa (genitive plural)
dēawe (dative singular)
dēawum (dative plural)
dēaw (nominative singular)
dēaw (nominative plural)
dēaw (accusative singular)
dēaw (accusative plural)
dēawes (genitive singular)
dēawa (genitive plural)
dēawe (dative singular)
dēawum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ, dæw (Ormulum)
English: dew
Scots: dew, deow, dyow
Yola: dhew

From Proto-Germanic *dawwaz, *dawwą (“dew”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with Middle Dutch dau, dou (“dew”), Old Frisian dāw (“dew”), Old Saxon dau (“dew”), Old High German tou (“dew”).


winterburna

winterburna (nominative singular)
winterburnan (nominative plural)
winterburnan (accusative singular)
winterburnan (accusative plural)
winterburnan (genitive singular)
winterburnena (genitive plural)
winterburnan (dative singular)
winterburnum (dative plural)


eastreamyþ

head

ēastrēamȳþ f (nominative plural ēastrēamȳþa)

ēastrēamȳþ (canonical feminine)
ēastrēamȳþa (nominative plural)
ēastrēamȳþ (nominative singular)
ēastrēamȳþe (nominative plural)
ēastrēamȳþa (nominative plural)
ēastrēamȳþ (accusative singular)
ēastrēamȳþe (accusative singular)
ēastrēamȳþe (accusative plural)
ēastrēamȳþa (accusative plural)
ēastrēamȳþe (genitive singular)
ēastrēamȳþa (genitive plural)
ēastrēamȳþe (dative singular)
ēastrēamȳþum (dative plural)

/ˈæ͜ɑːˌstræ͜ɑː.myːθ/


flodyþ

flōdȳþ (canonical feminine)
flōdȳþa (nominative plural)
flōdȳþ (nominative singular)
flōdȳþe (nominative plural)
flōdȳþa (nominative plural)
flōdȳþ (accusative singular)
flōdȳþe (accusative singular)
flōdȳþe (accusative plural)
flōdȳþa (accusative plural)
flōdȳþe (genitive singular)
flōdȳþa (genitive plural)
flōdȳþe (dative singular)
flōdȳþum (dative plural)


oferyþ

oferȳþ (canonical feminine)
oferȳþa (nominative plural)
oferȳþ (nominative singular)
oferȳþe (nominative plural)
oferȳþa (nominative plural)
oferȳþ (accusative singular)
oferȳþe (accusative singular)
oferȳþe (accusative plural)
oferȳþa (accusative plural)
oferȳþe (genitive singular)
oferȳþa (genitive plural)
oferȳþe (dative singular)
oferȳþum (dative plural)

an excessive wave such as from a stormy sea


aryþ

ārȳþ (canonical feminine)
ārȳþa (nominative plural)
ārȳþ (nominative singular)
ārȳþe (nominative plural)
ārȳþa (nominative plural)
ārȳþ (accusative singular)
ārȳþe (accusative singular)
ārȳþe (accusative plural)
ārȳþa (accusative plural)
ārȳþe (genitive singular)
ārȳþa (genitive plural)
ārȳþe (dative singular)
ārȳþum (dative plural)


geofonyþ

ġeofonȳþ f (nominative plural ġeofonȳþa)

ġeofonȳþ (canonical feminine)
ġeofonȳþa (nominative plural)
ġeofonȳþ (nominative singular)
ġeofonȳþe (nominative plural)
ġeofonȳþa (nominative plural)
ġeofonȳþ (accusative singular)
ġeofonȳþe (accusative singular)
ġeofonȳþe (accusative plural)
ġeofonȳþa (accusative plural)
ġeofonȳþe (genitive singular)
ġeofonȳþa (genitive plural)
ġeofonȳþe (dative singular)
ġeofonȳþum (dative plural)


wæteryþ

wæterȳþ (canonical feminine)
wæterȳþa (nominative plural)
wæterȳþ (nominative singular)
wæterȳþe (nominative plural)
wæterȳþa (nominative plural)
wæterȳþ (accusative singular)
wæterȳþe (accusative singular)
wæterȳþe (accusative plural)
wæterȳþa (accusative plural)
wæterȳþe (genitive singular)
wæterȳþa (genitive plural)
wæterȳþe (dative singular)
wæterȳþum (dative plural)


sealtyþ

sealtȳþ (canonical feminine)
sealtȳþa (nominative plural)
sealtȳþ (nominative singular)
sealtȳþe (nominative plural)
sealtȳþa (nominative plural)
sealtȳþ (accusative singular)
sealtȳþe (accusative singular)
sealtȳþe (accusative plural)
sealtȳþa (accusative plural)
sealtȳþe (genitive singular)
sealtȳþa (genitive plural)
sealtȳþe (dative singular)
sealtȳþum (dative plural)

[ˈsæ͜ɑɫ.tyːθ]


seolhyþa

seolhȳþa (canonical feminine)
seolhȳþe (nominative plural)
seolhȳþa (nominative plural)
seolhȳþe (accusative plural)
seolhȳþa (accusative plural)
seolhȳþa (genitive plural)
seolhȳþum (dative plural)

(plural only) waves where the seal swims


sæyþ

sǣȳþ (canonical feminine)
sǣȳþa (nominative plural)
sǣȳþ (nominative singular)
sǣȳþe (nominative plural)
sǣȳþa (nominative plural)
sǣȳþ (accusative singular)
sǣȳþe (accusative singular)
sǣȳþe (accusative plural)
sǣȳþa (accusative plural)
sǣȳþe (genitive singular)
sǣȳþa (genitive plural)
sǣȳþe (dative singular)
sǣȳþum (dative plural)


eastream

ēastrēam m (nominative plural ēastrēamas)

ēastrēam (canonical masculine)
ēastrēamas (nominative plural)
ēastrēam (nominative singular)
ēastrēamas (nominative plural)
ēastrēam (accusative singular)
ēastrēamas (accusative plural)
ēastrēames (genitive singular)
ēastrēama (genitive plural)
ēastrēame (dative singular)
ēastrēamum (dative plural)

/ˈæ͜ɑːˌstræ͜ɑːm/

From Proto-West Germanic *ahwustraum, equivalent to ēa + strēam. Cognate with Old Saxon ahastrōm.


yþmere

ȳþmere (canonical masculine)
ȳþmeras (nominative plural)
ȳþmere (nominative singular)
ȳþmeras (nominative plural)
ȳþmere (accusative singular)
ȳþmeras (accusative plural)
ȳþmeres (genitive singular)
ȳþmera (genitive plural)
ȳþmere (dative singular)
ȳþmerum (dative plural)


yþfaru

ȳþfaru (canonical feminine)
ȳþfara (nominative plural)
ȳþfaru (nominative singular)
ȳþfara (nominative plural)
ȳþfare (nominative plural)
ȳþfare (accusative singular)
ȳþfara (accusative plural)
ȳþfare (accusative plural)
ȳþfare (genitive singular)
ȳþfara (genitive plural)
ȳþfare (dative singular)
ȳþfarum (dative plural)

Equivalent to ȳþ (“wave”) + faru (“passage”).


yþgewinn

ȳþġewinn (canonical neuter)
ȳþġewinn (nominative plural)
ȳþġewinn (nominative singular)
ȳþġewinn (nominative plural)
ȳþġewinn (accusative singular)
ȳþġewinn (accusative plural)
ȳþġewinnes (genitive singular)
ȳþġewinna (genitive plural)
ȳþġewinne (dative singular)
ȳþġewinnum (dative plural)


utermere

ūtermere (canonical masculine)
ūtermere (nominative singular)
ūtermeras (nominative plural)
ūtermere (accusative singular)
ūtermeras (accusative plural)
ūtermeres (genitive singular)
ūtermera (genitive plural)
ūtermere (dative singular)
ūtermerum (dative plural)


wæterung

wæterung (nominative singular)
wæterunga (nominative plural)
wæterunge (nominative plural)
wæterunge (accusative singular)
wæterunga (accusative plural)
wæterunge (accusative plural)
wæterunge (genitive singular)
wæterunga (genitive plural)
wæterunge (dative singular)
wæterungum (dative plural)


widsæ

wīdsǣ (canonical feminine)
wīdsǣ (nominative singular)
wīdsǣ (nominative plural)
wīdsǣ (accusative singular)
wīdsǣ (accusative plural)
wīdsǣ (genitive singular)
wīdsǣ (genitive plural)
wīdsǣ (dative singular)
wīdsǣm (dative plural)

ang-decl-noun

Declension of sæ (strong i-stem)

the open sea: the sea envisioned as expansive, referring especially to a part far away from land


gicele

ġiċele (canonical feminine)
ġiċele (nominative singular)
ġiċelan (nominative plural)
ġiċelan (accusative singular)
ġiċelan (accusative plural)
ġiċelan (genitive singular)
ġiċelena (genitive plural)
ġiċelan (dative singular)
ġiċelum (dative plural)

Middle English: ychele

Presumably from earlier *ġiċelle, from Proto-West Germanic *jikilljā (“icicle”).


seolhbæþ

seolhbæþ (nominative singular)
seolhbæþu (nominative plural)
seolhbæþ (accusative singular)
seolhbæþu (accusative plural)
seolhbæþes (genitive singular)
seolhbæþa (genitive plural)
seolhbæþe (dative singular)
seolhbæþum (dative plural)

(poetic, kenning) the ocean (literally 'seal-bath')


sæwæter

sǣwæter (canonical neuter)
sǣwæter (nominative singular)
sǣwætru (nominative plural)
sǣwæter (accusative singular)
sǣwætru (accusative plural)
sǣwætres (genitive singular)
sǣwætra (genitive plural)
sǣwætre (dative singular)
sǣwætrum (dative plural)

Middle English: seewater

English: seawater


haligwæter

hāliġwæter (canonical neuter)
hāliġwæter (nominative singular)
hāliġwætru (nominative plural)
hāliġwæter (accusative singular)
hāliġwætru (accusative plural)
hāliġwætres (genitive singular)
hāliġwætra (genitive plural)
hāliġwætre (dative singular)
hāliġwætrum (dative plural)

English: holy water