waroþ

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n. Cognate with Old High German werid (German Werd, Werder, Wört), Dutch waard.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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waroþ n

  1. shore

Descendants

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  • Middle English: warþe, warth, warthe, wharth
    • English: warth

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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