Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -n-
widow (also widewe, weodewe, wydewe, wuduwe)
Etymology
[Mod E WIDOW ← Prot-Germ *widuwōn; Goth widuwō; O Fris widwe, wedwe; O Sax widowa; Dt weduwe; OHG wituwa (Mod G Witwe) ← Indo-Europ ṷeidh-, *ṷidh-; Sanskr vidhávā; Avest vaδu, viδava; Anc Gr ἠΐθεος “unmarried young man, bachelor”; Lat vidua; O Ir fedb; O Prus widdewū; O Slav въдова (Russ вдова)]
Paradigm
1.2.1. -n- stem nouns (weak declension)
This type of declension includes masc, fem and neut nouns.
Only several OE nouns belonged to the -n- stemmed type. A remnant of this type of declension in Mod E is the pl ending -en in a small number of nouns, such as oxen, children, etc.
nom- (< *namo-, *naman-)
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nouns, -n- stem, masculine gender
noma
(name) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | noma | noman |
| genitive | noman | nomena |
| dative (instrumental) | noman | nomum |
| accusative | noman | noman |
tunȝ- (< *tungōn, *tungan-)
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nouns, -n- stem, feminine gender
tunȝe
(tongue) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tunȝe | tunȝan |
| genitive | tunȝan | tunȝena |
| dative (instrumental) | tunȝan | tunȝum |
| accusative | tunȝan | tunȝan |
éaȝ- (< *augōn, *augan-)
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nouns, -n- stem, neuter gender
éaȝe
(eye) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | éaȝe | éaȝan |
| genitive | éaȝan | éaȝena |
| dative (instrumental) | éaȝan | éaȝum |
| accusative | éaȝe | éaȝan |
masc and fem nouns of the -n- stemmed type oft denote the doer of the action, thus being nomina agentis; e.g. déma (judge) ← deman (to judge; to deem, think); hunta (hunter) ← huntian (to hunt), etc.
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