Etymograph : ȳþ

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N (fem, i-stem)

wave (of water)

Source: Ringe 2014:140, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yþ#Old_English

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 51 ("ȳþe")

originates from

PNWGmc *unþiz "wave" (unþiz > unþi > ūþi > ȳþi > ȳþ) through pnwgmc-to-oe

(source: Ringe 2014:140)

PGmc *unþī- "wave" (unþī- > unþi > ūþi > ȳþi > ȳþ) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:560)

Inflected forms

ȳþe "wave.acc.pl" (oe-acc-pl)