Old English · adjective
ælc
Normalised ǣlċ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /æːlt͡ʃ/[æːɫt͡ʃ]
- Syllables
- æːlt͡ʃ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- eachevery
Meaning
-
every, each
An. DCLXXVIII Hēr atēowede comēta se steorra on Auguste ⁊ sċān III mōnðas ǣlċe morgen swilċe sunne bēam.
Year 678 In this year a comet star appeared in August and shone like a sunbeam each morning for three months.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ǣlċ | ǣlċ | ǣlċ |
| Accusative | ǣlcne | ǣlċe | ǣlċ |
| Genitive | ǣlċes | ǣlcre | ǣlċes |
| Dative | ǣlċum | ǣlcre | ǣlċum |
| Instrumental | ǣlċe | ǣlcre | ǣlċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ǣlċe | ǣlċaǣlċe | ǣlċ |
| Accusative | ǣlċe | ǣlċaǣlċe | ǣlċ |
| Genitive | ǣlcra | ǣlcra | ǣlcra |
| Dative | ǣlċum | ǣlċum | ǣlċum |
| Instrumental | ǣlċum | ǣlċum | ǣlċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ǣlċa | ǣlċe | ǣlċe |
| Accusative | ǣlċan | ǣlċan | ǣlċe |
| Genitive | ǣlċan | ǣlċan | ǣlċan |
| Dative | ǣlċan | ǣlċan | ǣlċan |
| Instrumental | ǣlċan | ǣlċan | ǣlċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ǣlċan | ǣlċan | ǣlċan |
| Accusative | ǣlċan | ǣlċan | ǣlċan |
| Genitive | ǣlcraǣlċena | ǣlcraǣlċena | ǣlcraǣlċena |
| Dative | ǣlċum | ǣlċum | ǣlċum |
| Instrumental | ǣlċum | ǣlċum | ǣlċum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
Contraction of ǣġhwelċ. See there for more.
Descendants
each
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