Part of speech: plural noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -wō-
1. ornaments, decorations, adornments; 2. treasures; 3. armour, trappings (richly adorned) (also frætwe)
Etymology
[← Prot-Germ *fratwō; ← frætwian “to adorn”, Goth (us)fratwjan “to make wise”]
Paradigm
1.1.2. (c) -wō- stem
(subtype of -ō- stem nouns)
feminine gender
(a) short-stemmed version: sceadw-.
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nouns, -wō- stem, feminine gender
sceadu
(shadow) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sceadu, sceado | sceadwa, sceadwe |
| genitive | sceadwe | sceadwa |
| dative (instrumental) | sceadwe | sceadwum |
| accusative | sceadwe | sceadwa, sceadwe |
(b) long-stemmed version: mǽdw-, stów- .
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nouns, -wō- stem, feminine gender
mǽd
(mead, meadow),
stów
(place; site) |
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| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | mǽd | stów | mǽdwa, mǽdwe | stówa, stówe |
| genitive | mǽdwe | stówe | mǽdwa | stówa |
| dative (instrumental) | mǽdwe | stówe | mǽdwum | stówum |
| accusative | mǽdwe | stówe | mǽdwa, mǽdwe | stówa, stówe |
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