hwælweg
Old English
Etymology
Kenning of hwæl (“whale”) + weġ (“way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxwælˌwej/, [ˈʍælˌwej]
Noun
hwælweġ m (nominative plural hwælweġas)
- the ocean
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hwælweġ | hwælweġas |
| accusative | hwælweġ | hwælweġas |
| genitive | hwælweġes | hwælweġa |
| dative | hwælweġe | hwælweġum |
Synonyms
- brimstrēam
- ear m
- firgenstrēam
- fyrnstrēamas
- gārsecg
- ġeofon
- lagufæsten
- woruldwæter
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hwælweg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.