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Old English · adjective

ætynge

Normalised ǣtynġe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈæː.tyn.je/
[ˈæː.tyn.d͡ʒe]
Syllables
ˈæː · tyn · je (3 syllables)
Modern English
tonguelesseloquencespeechless

Meaning

  1. tongueless

  2. speechless

  3. without eloquence

Declension

Strong declension of ætynge
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣtynġeǣtynġuǣtynġoǣtynġe
Accusative ǣtynġneǣtynġeǣtynġe
Genitive ǣtynġesǣtynġreǣtynġes
Dative ǣtynġumǣtynġreǣtynġum
Instrumental ǣtynġeǣtynġreǣtynġe
Plural
Nominative ǣtynġeǣtynġaǣtynġeǣtynġuǣtynġo
Accusative ǣtynġeǣtynġaǣtynġeǣtynġuǣtynġo
Genitive ǣtynġraǣtynġraǣtynġra
Dative ǣtynġumǣtynġumǣtynġum
Instrumental ǣtynġumǣtynġumǣtynġum
Weak declension of ætynge
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣtynġaǣtynġeǣtynġe
Accusative ǣtynġanǣtynġanǣtynġe
Genitive ǣtynġanǣtynġanǣtynġan
Dative ǣtynġanǣtynġanǣtynġan
Instrumental ǣtynġanǣtynġanǣtynġan
Plural
Nominative ǣtynġanǣtynġanǣtynġan
Accusative ǣtynġanǣtynġanǣtynġan
Genitive ǣtynġraǣtynġenaǣtynġraǣtynġenaǣtynġraǣtynġena
Dative ǣtynġumǣtynġumǣtynġum
Instrumental ǣtynġumǣtynġumǣtynġum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ātungī, from Proto-Germanic *ētungijaz (“tongueless, speechless”), equivalent to ǣ- + tynġe. Compare Old High German āzunglīh (“speechless”).

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