Reconstruction:Old English/flæd

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *flādi (“cleanliness, beauty”)

Noun

*flǣd f[1]

  1. beauty

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative *flǣd *flǣde, *flǣda
accusative *flǣd, *flǣde *flǣde, *flǣda
genitive *flǣde *flǣda
dative *flǣde *flǣdum

Alternative reconstructions

  • flēd

References

  1. ^ Okasha, Elisabeth (2011), Story, Joanna, editor, Women’s Names in Old English (Studies in Early Medieval Britian), Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 57: “OE *flæd, noun fem.(?) ‘beauty’”
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