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ȳþ

N (fem, i-stem)

wave (of water)

Source: Ringe 2014:140, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yþ#Old_English
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) in Exeter Book Riddle 51
Paradigms