medu – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of medu

Noun: medu
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularmedu
Pluralmeda

Genitive

Singularmeda
Pluralmeda

Dative

Singularmeda
Pluralmedum

Accusative

Singularmedu
Pluralmeda

Sample Sentences

  • Hwilum æfter medo menn mæst geþyrsteð (sometimes men are thirstiest after mead. (Durham Proverbs))
  • mægæ medu ― mead for the kinsman (Undley bracteate)

Nouns inflected like medu

dohtorsunu, sweostorsunu, campwudu, brimwudu, meodu, bregu, heaþu, wiodu, seodu, hornungsunu, furhwudu, unsidu, sunsunu, duru, manu, magu, medu, wudu, sunu, sidu, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Verbs referencing "medu"

English Nouns mead, Middle English Nouns mede, Ancient Greek Nouns μέθυ, Old Norse Nouns mjǫðr.

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