cwiþ

Old English

Alternative forms
  • cƿiþ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweþuz.

Noun

cwiþ m

  1. womb, uterus
  2. belly, stomach

Declension
Declension of cwiþ (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative cwiþ cwiþas
accusative cwiþ cwiþas
genitive cwiþes cwiþa
dative cwiþe cwiþum

Descendants
  • Middle English: *kid, *kit (in compound: kidenere, kidnere)

References
  • cwiþ in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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