cwiþ

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kweþuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiθ/

Noun

cwiþ m

1. womb, uterus
2. belly, stomach

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cwiþ	cwiþas
accusative	cwiþ	cwiþas
genitive	cwiþes	cwiþa
dative	cwiþe	cwiþum

Descendants

• Middle English: *kid, *kit (in compound: kidenere, kidnere)
  • Scots: kyte
  • English: kite, kidney

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwiþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiθ/

Verb

cwiþ

1. third-person singular present indicative of cweþan