winter – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of winter

Noun: winter
Sg.winter
Pl.wintres

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • ⁊ ð laſtede þa ·xix· ƿintre ƿile Stephne ƿaſ king ⁊ æure it ƿaſ uuerſe ⁊ uuerſe. (And this lasted the 19 winters while Stephen was king, and ever it got worse and worse.) [p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:]

Etymology

From Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. See: Old English Nouns 'winter'.

Verbs referencing "winter"

English Nouns winter.

Translations