weargtreow
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wargatrewą (“gallows; (literally) outlaw-tree”). Equivalent to wearg + trēow. Cognate with Old Saxon waragtreo and Old Norse vargtré.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editweargtrēow n
Declension
editDeclension of weargtreow (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | weargtrēow | weargtrēow |
accusative | weargtrēow | weargtrēow |
genitive | weargtrēowes | weargtrēowa |
dative | weargtrēowe | weargtrēowum |
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weargtrēow”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.