waþem

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.θem/, [ˈwɑ.ðem]

Noun

waþem m

1. wave, billow
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
     hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
     wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

     since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
     with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
     traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	waþem	waþemas
accusative	waþem	waþemas
genitive	waþemes	waþema
dative	waþeme	waþemum

Related terms

• waþema

References

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