Reconstruction:Old High German/Ostara

This Old High German entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old High German

Noun

*Ōstara f

  1. alternative form of *Ōstra (“name of the goddess Easter”)

Declension

Declension of *Ōstara (feminine n-stem)
case singular plural
nominative *Ōstara *Ōstarūn
accusative *Ōstarūn *Ōstarūn
genitive *Ōstarūn *Ōstarōno
dative *Ōstarūn *Ōstarōm, *Ōstarōn

References

  1. Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass (translator), Teutonic Mythology. Translated from the fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix, Vol. I 1882 and Vol. IV 1888
  2. ( Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer. Second Edition, 1906, p. 167: "ōstarūn, ōstoron, wfm. pl. Easter, Pascha" )
  3. ( Gerhard Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage), 2014, online, s.v. ōstara* )
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