muþ

Old English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons. Cognates include Old Frisian (deprecated template usage) mūth, (deprecated template usage) mund, (deprecated template usage) mond (North Frisian (deprecated template usage) müth, West Frisian (deprecated template usage) mûn), Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) mūth, Old Dutch (deprecated template usage) mund (Dutch (deprecated template usage) mond), Old High German (deprecated template usage) mund (German (deprecated template usage) Mund), Old Norse (deprecated template usage) muðr, (deprecated template usage) munnr (Danish (deprecated template usage) mund, Icelandic (deprecated template usage) munnur, Norwegian (deprecated template usage) munn, Swedish (deprecated template usage) mun), Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /muːθ/

Noun

mūþ ?

1. mouth
2. opening, door, gate

Declension

Declension of muþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	muþ	muþas
accusative	muþ	muþas
genitive	muþes	muþa
dative	muþe	muþum

Descendants

• Middle English: mouth
  • English: mouth
  • Scots: mouth

References

• John R. Clark Hall, A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 1916