woþ

See also: wop, woy, and woth

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōþō (compare wōd), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂t-eh₂, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /woːθ/

Noun

wōþ f

  1. song, sound

References

  • Grimm, Deutsches Wörterbuch, s.v. "Wut"
  • OED, s.v. "wood a."
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