hwatu

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwatu (“warning”), from Proto-Germanic *hwatō (“incitement”); compare Old Norse hvǫt.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈxwɑ.tu/, [ˈʍɑ.tu]

Noun[edit]

hwatu f

omen, augury
divination

Declension[edit]

Declension of hwatu (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwatu	hwata, hwate
accusative	hwate	hwata, hwate
genitive	hwate	hwata
dative	hwate	hwatum

Derived terms[edit]

hwata

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: whate, ȝwate, quate, qwate, wate, what; hwate

References[edit]

Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hwatu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎^[1], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

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