eldertongue

Old English · pronoun

ænig

Normalised ǣniġ

Part of speech
pronoun
IPA
/ˈæː.nij/
Syllables
ˈæː · nij (2 syllables)
Modern English
anyonyanyone

Meaning

  1. any

    ...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...

    But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"

  2. anyone

Declension

Strong declension of ænig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣniġǣniġuǣnġuǣniġoǣnġoǣniġ
Accusative ǣniġneǣniġeǣnġeǣniġ
Genitive ǣniġesǣnġesǣniġreǣniġesǣnġes
Dative ǣniġumǣnġumǣniġreǣniġumǣnġum
Instrumental ǣniġeǣnġeǣniġreǣniġeǣnġe
Plural
Nominative ǣniġeǣnġeǣniġaǣnġaǣniġeǣnġeǣniġuǣnġuǣniġoǣnġo
Accusative ǣniġeǣnġeǣniġaǣnġaǣniġeǣnġeǣniġuǣnġuǣniġoǣnġo
Genitive ǣniġraǣniġraǣniġra
Dative ǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġum
Instrumental ǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġum
Weak declension of ænig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣniġaǣnġaǣniġeǣnġeǣniġeǣnġe
Accusative ǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġanǣniġeǣnġe
Genitive ǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġan
Dative ǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġan
Instrumental ǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġan
Plural
Nominative ǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġan
Accusative ǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġanǣniġanǣnġan
Genitive ǣniġraǣniġenaǣnġenaǣniġraǣniġenaǣnġenaǣniġraǣniġenaǣnġena
Dative ǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġum
Instrumental ǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġumǣniġumǣnġum

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from *ainaz (“one”). Akin to Old Frisian enich, Old Saxon ēnig, Old Norse einigr.

Descendants

any, ony

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