deaþ

See also: death, and Death

Old English

Alternative forms

• dǣð, dēað

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰautus. Cognate with Old Frisian dāth, Old Saxon dōth, Old Dutch *dōth, Old High German tōd, Old Norse dauðr, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæ͜ɑːθ/

Noun

dēaþ m

1. death
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"

     ...ac hī þurhwunodon swā þēah on þām ġewinne ōð dēað.

     ...but they nevertheless continued in that warfare till death.

Declension

Declension of dēaþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dēaþ	dēaþas
accusative	dēaþ	dēaþas
genitive	dēaþes	dēaþa
dative	dēaþe	dēaþum

Derived terms

• dēaþdæġ
• dēaþes eġe
• dēaþsleġe
• fǣrdēaþ
• oþ dēaþ ondrǣdan

Related terms

• dēad
• *dīeġan

Descendants

• Middle English: deeth, deð, dæð, dæþ, deth, deþ, deeþ, deþe, dethe
  • English: death
  • Scots: deith, daith

See also

• sweltan (“to die”)