cwiþ

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *kweþuz.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kwiθ/

Noun[edit]

cwiþ m

womb, uterus
belly, stomach

Declension[edit]

Declension of cwiþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cwiþ	cwiþas
accusative	cwiþ	cwiþas
genitive	cwiþes	cwiþa
dative	cwiþe	cwiþum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: *kid, *kit (in compound: kidenere, kidnere)
- Scots: kyte
- English: kite, kidney

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwiþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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