sealtyþ
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsæ͜ɑltˌyːθ/, [ˈsæ͜ɑɫtˌyːθ]
Noun
sealtȳþ f (nominative plural sealtȳþa)
- salt-wave, sea-wave
- 10th century, The Seafarer:
- Forþon cnyssað nū heortan ġeþōhtas, þæt iċ hēan strēamas, sealtȳþa ġelāc sylf cunniġe; monað mōdes lust mǣla ġehwylċe ferð tō fēran, þæt iċ feor heonan elþēodiġra eard ġesēċe.
- Thus, thoughts are now striking heart so that I know high streams, the tossing of the salt waves myself; the mind’s wish of each times goads soul to fare so that I hence would seek a far land of overseas folks.
Declension
Strong i-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sealtȳþ | sealtȳþe, sealtȳþa |
| accusative | sealtȳþ, sealtȳþe | sealtȳþe, sealtȳþa |
| genitive | sealtȳþe | sealtȳþa |
| dative | sealtȳþe | sealtȳþum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “SEALTȲÞ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.