fyrnstreamas

Old English

Etymology

From fyrn (“ancient”) +‎ strēamas (“streams”), literally “ancient streams”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyrnˌstræ͜ɑː.mɑs/, [ˈfyrˠnˌstræ͜ɑː.mɑs]

Noun

fyrnstrēamas m pl

1. (poetic) the ocean

Declension

Declension of fyrnstrēam (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	—	fyrnstrēamas
accusative	—	fyrnstrēamas
genitive	—	fyrnstrēama
dative	—	fyrnstrēamum

References

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