geoguþ

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ġeogeð, ġeogoð, ġeogoþ, ġeogoþe, ġiogoð, ġioguð, ġuguð, iugeð, iugoþ, iuguð, iuguþ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþiz. Cognate with Old Frisian jogethe, Old Saxon juguth, Old Dutch iuginde, and Old High German jugund.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈju.ɡuθ/, [ˈju.ɣuθ]

Noun

ġeoguþ f

  1. youth (quality or state of being young)
  2. youth (young person or people)

Declension
Declension of geoguþ (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ġeoguþ ġeoguþa, ġeoguþe
accusative ġeoguþe ġeoguþa, ġeoguþe
genitive ġeoguþe ġeoguþa
dative ġeoguþe ġeoguþum

Descendants
  • Middle English: youthe
    • English: youth (obsolete yought)
    • Middle Scots: ȝouthe, ȝouth, ȝowth, ȝewth, youth
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