Noun: deaþ
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | dēaþ |
| Plural | dēaþas |
Genitive
| Singular | dēaþes |
| Plural | dēaþa |
Dative
| Singular | dēaþe |
| Plural | dēaþum |
Accusative
| Singular | dēaþ |
| Plural | dēaþas |
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
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...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað. (...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautus. Cognate with Old Frisian dāth, Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch *dōth, Old High German tōd, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus). See: Old Norse Nouns '
dauðr', Gothic Nouns '
𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃'.
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