witigdom

Old English

Alternative forms

• wītedōm, wīteġdōm, wītgadōm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wītagadōm. Cognate with Old High German wīzagtuom. By the literary period equivalent to wītiġ +‎ -dōm, but probably formed originally from the etymons of wītga +‎ -dōm; wītiġdōm is the expected outcome either way. Compare lǣċedōm (“medicine”), which is formed similarly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.tijˌdoːm/

Noun

wītiġdōm m

1. (countable, uncountable) prophecy

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wītiġdōm	wītiġdōmas
accusative	wītiġdōm	wītiġdōmas
genitive	wītiġdōmes	wītiġdōma
dative	wītiġdōme	wītiġdōmum

Synonyms

• wītgung