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Old English · suffix

-end

Part of speech
suffix
Declension
strong nd-stem
IPA
/end/
Syllables
end (1 syllable)
Modern English
er

Meaning

  1. suffix denoting the agent of an action; -er

    āgan (“to own”) + -end → āgend (“owner”)

Declension

Declension of -end
SingularPlural
Nominative -end-end-ende-endas
Accusative -end-end-ende-endas
Genitive -endes-endra
Dative -ende-endum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-andi, from Proto-Germanic *-andz, taken from the present participle form of verbs. See -ende.

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