screawa
Old English
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to shorten, cut”)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃræ͜ɑː.wɑ/
Noun
sċrēawa m (nominative plural sċrēawan)
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sċrēawa | sċrēawan |
| accusative | sċrēawan | sċrēawan |
| genitive | sċrēawan | sċrēawena |
| dative | sċrēawan | sċrēawum |
Descendants
- English: shrew
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scrēawa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “shrew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.