death.dat

dēaþ

N (masc)

death

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/7471

Attested in Exeter Book Riddle 5 (dēaþsleġe)

originates from: PGmc *dauþuz "death" (dauþuz > dauþu > dēaþu > dēaþ) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Ringe 2014:172)

Inflected forms

dēaþe "death.dat" (oe-dat) in Bede's Death Song

Component of compounds

dēaþsleġe "death-blow"

Paradigms