Noun: word
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | wordes |
| Plural | worda |
Dative
| Singular | worde |
| Plural | wordum |
Sample Sentences
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Sē þonne þisne wealsteal · wīse ġeþōhte
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ond þis deorce līf · dēope ġeondþenċeð,
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frōd in ferðe, · feor oft ġemon
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wælsleahta worn, · ond þās word ācwið: (Then he deeply thinks over this wall-place
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and this dark life with wise thought,
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shrewd in mind, oft recalls the long bygone
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swarm of slaughters, and utters these words:) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
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Ðyllīce word María hēold ārǣfniġende on hire heortan. (Such words Mary held, pondering them in her heart.)
Nouns inflected like word
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą.
Verbs referencing "word"
English Nouns
word, Middle English Nouns
word, English Nouns
rose, Old Norse Nouns
orð, Latin Nouns
rubus.
Translations