Old English · suffix
-wende
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ˌwen.de/
- Syllables
- ˌwen · de (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- exemplified-ablepromotingingtoward-ing
Meaning
-
suffix meaning tending toward, promoting, or exemplified by; -ing, -able
hālwende
healing, heathful, salutary
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -wende | -wendu-wendo | -wende |
| Accusative | -wendne | -wende | -wende |
| Genitive | -wendes | -wendre | -wendes |
| Dative | -wendum | -wendre | -wendum |
| Instrumental | -wende | -wendre | -wende |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -wende | -wenda-wende | -wendu-wendo |
| Accusative | -wende | -wenda-wende | -wendu-wendo |
| Genitive | -wendra | -wendra | -wendra |
| Dative | -wendum | -wendum | -wendum |
| Instrumental | -wendum | -wendum | -wendum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -wenda | -wende | -wende |
| Accusative | -wendan | -wendan | -wende |
| Genitive | -wendan | -wendan | -wendan |
| Dative | -wendan | -wendan | -wendan |
| Instrumental | -wendan | -wendan | -wendan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -wendan | -wendan | -wendan |
| Accusative | -wendan | -wendan | -wendan |
| Genitive | -wendra-wendena | -wendra-wendena | -wendra-wendena |
| Dative | -wendum | -wendum | -wendum |
| Instrumental | -wendum | -wendum | -wendum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wandī, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaz (“turning, directed”).
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