nest – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of nest

Noun: nest
Gender: n

Nominative

Singularnest
Pluralnest

Genitive

Singularnestes
Pluralnesta

Dative

Singularneste
Pluralnestum

Accusative

Singularnest
Pluralnest

Sample Sentences

  • Ealle fuglas habbaþ heora nest ongunnen būtan þē and mē. Hwæs ābīdaþ wit? (All the birds have started their nests except for you and me. What are we waiting for?)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo, “nest”), Old Irish net (“nest”), Latin nīdus (“nest”), Sanskrit नीड (nīḍa, “nest”), Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”), Old Armenian նիստ (nist, “sitting; seat; property”). See: Latin Nouns 'nīdus'.

Verbs referencing "nest"

English Nouns nest, Middle English Nouns nest, Latin Nouns nidus.

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