ealdcwen

Old English

Etymology

From eald (“old”) +‎ cwēn (“woman”).

Noun

ealdcwēn f

1. old woman, crone

Declension

Declension of ealdcwen (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ealdcwēn	ealdcwēne, ealdcwēna
accusative	ealdcwēn, ealdcwēne	ealdcwēne, ealdcwēna
genitive	ealdcwēne	ealdcwēna
dative	ealdcwēne	ealdcwēnum

Synonyms

• ealdwīf n

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ealdcwēn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.