winter – Old English noun declension

Noun: winter
Gender: m

Nominative

Singular	winter
Plural	wintras

Genitive

Singular	wintres
Plural	wintra

Dative

Singular	wintre; wintra
Plural	wintrum

Accusative

Singular	winter
Plural	wintras

Sample Sentences

late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes. (...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..)
The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
Iċ ðē seċġe lxxx wintra of ðām trēowcynne ðe is nemned Sem. (I tell thee, eighty years, of the wood that is called Sem)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
An. DCCXLI Hēr Æþelheard cing forðferde, ⁊ feng Cūþrēd tō Westseaxna rīċe, ⁊ heold XXVI wintra, ⁊ heardlīċe hē ġewann wiþ Æþelwald cing. ⁊ Cūþbriht wæs tō arċebisċeope ġehālgod, ⁊ Dunn bisċeop tō Hrofesċeastre. (Year 741 In this year King Aethelhard died, and Cuthred ascended to the West Saxon throne. He held it for 26 years, and fought bravely against King Aethelwald. And Cuthbright was ordained archbishop, and Dunn ordained bishop of Rochester.)

Nouns inflected like winter

winter,

Etymology

From earlier *wintr < *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Cognate with Old Frisian winter, Old Saxon wintar, Old Dutch winter, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wintrus). See: Old Norse Nouns 'vetr', Gothic Nouns '𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "winter"

English Nouns winter, Middle English Nouns winter, English Nouns wintertide, Old Norse Nouns vintr.