eldertongue

Old English · adjective

ælmihtig

Normalised ælmihtiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈælˌmix.tij/
[ˈælˌmiç.tij]
Syllables
ˈæl · ˌmix · tij (3 syllables)
Modern English
all-powerfulalmighty

Meaning

  1. all-powerful

    ...ac hī ealle þrȳ synden ān anġin and ān ælmihtiġ god æfre unbegunnen and ungeendod.

    ...but all three of them [i.e. the Trinity] are one beginning and one almighty God, ever without beginning and without ending.

    c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *alamahtīg, from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz.

Descendants

almighty

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