hwæte
Middle English
Noun
hwæte
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of whete
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxwæː.te/, [ˈʍæː.te]
Noun
hwǣte m
Declension
Strong ja-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hwǣte | — |
| accusative | hwǣte | — |
| genitive | hwǣtes | — |
| dative | hwǣte | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: whete, ȝwete, huete, weete, wete, wheete, whet, whette, wheyte, wheytt, whiett, whyte, quete, quheyt, qwet, qwhete (Northern), hwæte, hweate, hwete, whæte (Early Middle English)
References
- ^ “quhete”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
- ^ “white”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.