hwetstan – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of hwetstan

Noun: hwetstan
Gender:

Nominative

Singularhwetstān
Pluralhwetstānas

Genitive

Singularhwetstānes
Pluralhwetstāna

Dative

Singularhwetstāne
Pluralhwetstānum

Accusative

Singularhwetstān
Pluralhwetstānas

Sample Sentences

  • Þā sċearpestan eċġe man wyrcþ mid þon stumpan hwetstāne. (The sharpest edge is made with a blunt whetstone.)
  • Hēo hwette hire seax on lȳtlum hwetstāne þe hēo of hiere pohhan ātēah. (She sharpened her knife on a little whetstone that she'd pulled out of her pocket.)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain. Equivalent to hwettan (“to sharpen”) + stān (“stone”).

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