Reconstruction:Old English/heaþu

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

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Alternative forms

*heaþo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haþu, from Proto-Germanic *haþuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑ.θu/, [ˈhæ͜ɑ.ðu]

Noun

*heaþu m

(poetic) war, battle (attested only in compounds)

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	*heaþu	*heaþa
accusative	*heaþu	*heaþa
genitive	*heaþa	*heaþa
dative	*heaþa	*heaþum

Derived terms