wang – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of wang

Noun: wang
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularwang
Pluralwangas

Genitive

Singularwanges
Pluralwanga

Dative

Singularwange
Pluralwangum

Accusative

Singularwang
Pluralwangas

Sample Sentences

  • 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Riddle 11, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book
  • sæs me sind ealle flodas on fæðmum / ⁊ þas foldan bearm grene wongas (All seas and waters are in my embraces, and the bosom of earth and the green fields.)

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *wang, from Proto-Germanic *wangaz. Doublet of wange.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Old Saxon wang, Old High German -wang (in holzwang), Old Norse vangr (Swedish vång), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs). See: Old Norse Nouns 'vangr', Swedish Nouns 'vång', Gothic Nouns '𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "wang"

Old Norse Nouns vangr, Gothic Nouns 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃, Swedish Nouns vång.

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