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Old English · adjective

æghwelc

Normalised ǣġhwelċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈæːjˌxwelt͡ʃ/
[ˈæːjˌʍeɫt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈæːj · ˌxwelt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
eachevery

æghwelc1 · adjective

Senses

  1. each, every

    On that day, Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification [ceremony] of the Judeans, which was for each of their male children to be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, and the purification was as holy to them as baptism is to us […]

    late 9th century, Old English Martyrology On þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea

Declension

Strong declension of æghwelc
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣġhwelċǣġhwelċǣġhwelċ
Accusative ǣġhwelcneǣġhwelċeǣġhwelċ
Genitive ǣġhwelċesǣġhwelcreǣġhwelċes
Dative ǣġhwelċumǣġhwelcreǣġhwelċum
Instrumental ǣġhwelċeǣġhwelcreǣġhwelċe
Plural
Nominative ǣġhwelċeǣġhwelċaǣġhwelċeǣġhwelċ
Accusative ǣġhwelċeǣġhwelċaǣġhwelċeǣġhwelċ
Genitive ǣġhwelcraǣġhwelcraǣġhwelcra
Dative ǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċum
Instrumental ǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċum
Weak declension of æghwelc
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣġhwelċaǣġhwelċeǣġhwelċe
Accusative ǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċe
Genitive ǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċan
Dative ǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċan
Instrumental ǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċan
Plural
Nominative ǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċan
Accusative ǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċanǣġhwelċan
Genitive ǣġhwelcraǣġhwelċenaǣġhwelcraǣġhwelċenaǣġhwelcraǣġhwelċena
Dative ǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċum
Instrumental ǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċumǣġhwelċum

æghwelc2 · pronoun

Senses

  1. each (one)

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk. Cognate with Old Frisian iāhwelik, Old Saxon iogihwilik, Old High German iogiwelīh. Equivalent to ǣġ- + hwelċ or ā + ġe- + hwelċ or ā + ġehwelċ.

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