innoþ
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.noθ/
Noun
innoþ m
- the inner part of the body that holds the intestines and bowels
- the stomach, womb, or belly
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.
- He saw then that no doctor could heal him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- (figurative) the seat of feelings
- the seat of hunger
- a gut or entrail in and of itself
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | innoþ | innoþas |
| accusative | innoþ | innoþas |
| genitive | innoþes | innoþa |
| dative | innoþe | innoþum |
Synonyms
- ġesen
- innefare f (“intestines”)
- inneweard (“substantively: viscera”)
- inylfe n (“gut, bowel”)
- þearm m (“gut, intestine”)
Derived terms
- innoþtydernes f (“intestinal weakness”)
- innoþwund f (“intestinal wound”)
Related terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “INNOÞ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “INNOÞ supplementary input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.