waroþ

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n. Cognate with Old High German werid (German Werd, Werder, Wört), Dutch waard.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.roθ/

Noun

waroþ n

  1. shore
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative waroþ waroþas
accusative waroþ waroþas
genitive waroþes waroþa
dative waroþe waroþum
Descendants
  • Middle English: warþe, warth, warthe, wharth
    • English: warth
      • → Welsh: gwarth (“shore”)

References

  1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, wār (“seaweed”) +‎ -oþ

Noun

wāroþ n

  1. seaweed
    • Exeter Book, riddle 40
      iċ eom wyrslīcre þonne þēs wudu fūla
      oððe þis wāroð þe hēr āworpen liġeð.
      I am viler than this foul wood
      or this seaweed that lies here, cast up

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