waroþ

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿaroþ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑroθ/

Noun

waroþ n

  1. shore

Descendants

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, →ISBN
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