wo – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of wo

Noun: wo
Sg.wo
Pl.wos

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • Ƿa ⁊ ƿunne ı þıs ƿoꝛld al nıs bute peintunge. al nıs bute ſchadeƿe. (Pain and joy in this world aren't anything except for a picture; they're nothing but a mirage.) [c. 1225, “Feorðe dale: fondunges”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402), Ludlow, Shropshire, published c. 1235, folio 65, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 26 January 2018:]

Nouns inflected like wo

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wā, wǣ, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wáy.

Verbs referencing "wo"

English Nouns woe.

Translations