medu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "medu"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛdu]

Noun

medu m inan

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of med

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese medo.

Noun

medu

1. fear

Latvian

Noun

medu m

1. accusative/instrumental singular of medus

Middle English

Noun

medu

1. alternative form of medwe

Old English

Alternative forms

• medo, meodo, meodu

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“sweet drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.du/
• Rhymes: -e.du

Noun

medu m

1. mead
   • Hwilum æfter medo menn mæst geþyrsteð ― sometimes men are thirstiest after mead. (Durham Proverbs)
   • mægæ medu ― mead for the kinsman (Undley bracteate)

Declension

Strong u-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	medu	meda
accusative	medu	meda
genitive	meda	meda
dative	meda	medum

Derived terms

• meduærn
• medubenċ
• meduheall
• medusetl
• meduwyrt

Descendants

• Middle English: mede, methe (influenced by Old Norse mjǫðr)
  • English: mead
  • Scots: mede, meid

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *medu. Compare Old English medu, Old Dutch *medo and Old High German mëtu.

Noun

medu m

1. mead

Inflection

medu (masculine u-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	medu	medi
accusative	medu	medi
genitive	medies, medeas	medio, medo
dative	medo, medie, medi, mede	medun, mediun
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: mēde, medde
  • Low German: Mia (Westphalian dialects)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

medu (Cyrillic spelling меду)

1. dative/vocative/locative singular of med

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /medu/, [ˈmedu]
• Rhymes: -edu
• Hyphenation: me‧du

Noun

medu m

1. genitive/dative singular of med