muþ

See also: muy, muth, mùth, and muð

Middle English

Noun

muþ

  1. Alternative form of mouth

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-. Cognates include Old Frisian mūth, mund, mond (North Frisian müth, West Frisian mûn), Old Saxon mūth, Old Dutch mund (Dutch mond), Old High German mund (German Mund), Old Norse muðr, munnr (Danish mund, Icelandic munnur, Norwegian munn, Swedish mun), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muːθ/

Noun

mūþ m

  1. mouth
  2. opening, door, gate

Declension
Declension of muþ (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mūþ mūþas
accusative mūþ mūþas
genitive mūþes mūþa
dative mūþe mūþum

Derived terms

Descendants

References
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