Part of speech: noun
Gender: neuter
Stem: -wa-
1. tree; 2. wood, timber (material); 3. collect trees, wood, forest (also tríow, tréo)
Etymology
[Mod E TREE ← Prot-Germ *trewan; Goth triu “wood; stick, stave”; weina-triu “vine-stalk, grapevine”; O Fris trē; O Sax trio, treu; Icel tré ← Indo-Europ *deru-, *dreu-; Sanskr dru “tree”; dāru “wood, timber”; Avest dauru “wood, timber”; Anc Gr δόρυ “tree; timber; boat”; δρῦς “tree; oak”; O Ir daur “oak”; Lith dervà “resin, gum”; O Slav дрѣво “tree” (Russ дерево)]
Paradigm
1.1.1. (c) -wa- stem
(subtype of -a- stem nouns)
-wa- stemmed nouns are represented by two versions:
(a) nouns with a vowel before the stem-forming suffix (þéow-); and
(b) nouns having a consonant before the stem-forming suffix (bearw-):
masculine gender
(a)
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nouns, -wa- stem, masculine gender
þéow
(servant) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | þéow, þéo | þéowas |
| genitive | þéowes | þéowa |
| dative (instrumental) | þéowe | þéowum |
| accusative | þéow, þéo | þéowas |
(b)
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nouns, -wa- stem, masculine gender
bearu
(grove; wood) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bearu, bearo | bearwas |
| genitive | bearwes | bearwa |
| dative (instrumental) | bearwe | bearwum |
| accusative | bearu, bearo | bearwas |
neuter gender
(a)
|
nouns, -wa- stem, neuter gender
tréow
(tree) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tréow, tréo | tréow, tréo |
| genitive | tréowes | tréowa |
| dative (instrumental) | tréowe | tréowum |
| accusative | tréow, tréo | tréow, tréo |
(b)
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nouns, -wa- stem, neuter gender
searu
(device; craft; trick) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | searu, searo | searu, searo |
| genitive | searwes | searwa |
| dative (instrumental) | searwe | searwum |
| accusative | searu, searo | searu, searo |
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