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Old English · adjective

æwisc

Normalised ǣwisċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈæː.wiʃ/
Syllables
ˈæː · wiʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
disgraceddishonoroffenseshameshamelessfouldisgrace

æwisc1 · adjective

Senses

  1. disgraced, shameless, foul

    Þā wīf syndon ðrēotȳne fōta lange ⁊ heora līċ bið on marmorstānes hwītnysse. ⁊ hī habbað olfenda fēt ⁊ eoferes tēð. For heora unclēnnesse hīe ġefelde wurdon fram ðām mycclan macedoniscȧn Alexandre. Þā hē hī lifiende ġefōn ne mihte þā ācwealde hē hī for ðam hī syndon ǣwisċe on līchoman ⁊ unweorðe.

    Those women are thirteen feet tall and their bodies are the whiteness of marble. And they have the feet of camels and teeth of a boar. For their uncleanliness, they were killed by Alexander the Great of Macedon. He killed them because he could not capture them alive, because they are worthless and foul of body.

    Wonders of the East

Declension

Strong declension of æwisc
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣwisċǣwisċǣwisċ
Accusative ǣwisċneǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċ
Genitive ǣwisċesǣwsċesǣwisċreǣwisċesǣwsċes
Dative ǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċreǣwisċumǣwsċum
Instrumental ǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċreǣwisċeǣwsċe
Plural
Nominative ǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċaǣwsċaǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċ
Accusative ǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċaǣwsċaǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċ
Genitive ǣwisċraǣwisċraǣwisċra
Dative ǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċum
Instrumental ǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċum
Weak declension of æwisc
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ǣwisċaǣwsċaǣwisċeǣwsċeǣwisċeǣwsċe
Accusative ǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċeǣwsċe
Genitive ǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċan
Dative ǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċan
Instrumental ǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċan
Plural
Nominative ǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċan
Accusative ǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċanǣwisċanǣwsċan
Genitive ǣwisċraǣwisċenaǣwsċenaǣwisċraǣwisċenaǣwsċenaǣwisċraǣwisċenaǣwsċena
Dative ǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċum
Instrumental ǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċumǣwisċumǣwsċum

æwisc2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. shame, dishonor, disgrace, offense

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of æwisc
SingularPlural
Nominative ǣwisċǣwisċaǣwisċe
Accusative ǣwisċeǣwisċaǣwisċe
Genitive ǣwisċeǣwisċa
Dative ǣwisċeǣwisċum

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwiskaz, related to Proto-Germanic *aiwijaną.

From Proto-Germanic *aiwiskō, *aiwiskiją.

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