uþ-

• ōþ-

From Proto-Germanic *unþ-. Akin to Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰 (unþa), Old English *und- (“up to”) (providing first element in such words as until, unto), Old Frisian and Old Saxon und (“until”), Old High German unzi, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌳 (und, “unto, until”), Old English preposition oþ (“until, up to”),

ūþ-

1. prefix denoting departure, from, away

   ūþgenge (“fleeting, vanishing, departing; alien, fugitive”)

2. intensive prefix

   ūþmǣte (“huge, immense”)

   ūþwita (“scholar, philisopher, sage; scribe, Pharisee”)

The prefix has two forms: a stressed form ūþ-, and unstressed oþ-