Noun: sweostorsunu
Gender: m
Nominative
| Singular | sweostorsunu |
| Plural | sweostorsuna |
Genitive
| Singular | sweostorsuna |
| Plural | sweostorsuna |
Dative
| Singular | sweostorsuna |
| Plural | sweostorsunum |
Accusative
| Singular | sweostorsunu |
| Plural | sweostorsuna |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
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In þǣre þēode was in þā tīd Sǣberht cyning, Æðelberhtes swustorsunu ⁊ his hēra. (At that time Seaberht was king of that province; he was the nephew and follower of Athelberht.)
Nouns inflected like sweostorsunu
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 *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sweostor (“sister”) + sunu (“son”). Compare Icelandic systursonur and Swedish systerson. See: Icelandic Nouns '
systursonur', Swedish Nouns '
systerson'.
Verbs referencing "sweostorsunu"
English Nouns
sisterson.
Translations