geofonyþ

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeofenȳþ, ġifenȳþ, ġyfenȳþ
• ġeofonȳð — edh spelling

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeofon +‎ ȳþ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje͜o.fonˌyːθ/, [ˈje͜o.vonˌyːθ]

Noun

ġeofonȳþ f (nominative plural ġeofonȳþa)

1. a sea-wave, billow

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġeofonȳþ	ġeofonȳþe, ġeofonȳþa
accusative	ġeofonȳþ, ġeofonȳþe	ġeofonȳþe, ġeofonȳþa
genitive	ġeofonȳþe	ġeofonȳþa
dative	ġeofonȳþe	ġeofonȳþum

References

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