Noun: widuwe
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | widuwe |
| Plural | widuwan |
Genitive
| Singular | widuwan |
| Plural | widuwena |
Dative
| Singular | widuwan |
| Plural | widuwum |
Accusative
| Singular | widuwan |
| Plural | widuwan |
Sample Sentences
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Widuwe is wīf þǣre wer is dēad. (A widow is a woman whose husband is dead.)
Nouns inflected like widuwe
seohhe,
sneare,
snecce,
safine,
sceppe,
smitte,
smiþþe,
slyppe,
sloppe,
ylfete,
cynewiþþe,
alexandre,
hoppestre,
hennebelle,
gagelle,
gagille,
gagolle,
feldmore,
mynetsmiþþe,
fiþelestre, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Cognate with Old Frisian widwe, Old Saxon widowa, Old Dutch widowa, Old High German wituwa, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉 (widuwō). See: Gothic Nouns '
𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍅𐍉'.
Verbs referencing "widuwe"
English Nouns
widow, German Nouns
Witwe, Latin Nouns
vidua, Ancient Greek Nouns
ἠΐθεος, Middle English Nouns
widwe.
Translations