Old English · suffix
-wintre
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /ˈwin.tre/
- Syllables
- ˈwin · tre (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- yearslasting
Meaning
-
years old
Tīenwintre cniht mæġ bēon þīefþe ġewita.
A ten-year-old boy can be an accessory to a theft.
c. 893, King Alfred's Laws -
years lasting
Dioclētiānus and Maximiānus bebudon ēhtnesse cristenra manna—Dioclētiānus ēastane and Maximiānus westane—and for þām bebode wurdon fela martyra on tīenwintrum fierste.
Diocletian and Maximian ordered the persecution of Christians—Diocletian from the east and Maximian from the west—and because of that order there were many martyrs in a ten-year period.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -wintre | -wintru-wintro | -wintre |
| Accusative | -winterne | -wintre | -wintre |
| Genitive | -wintres | -wintre | -wintres |
| Dative | -wintrum | -wintre | -wintrum |
| Instrumental | -wintre | -wintre | -wintre |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -wintre | -wintra-wintre | -wintru-wintro |
| Accusative | -wintre | -wintra-wintre | -wintru-wintro |
| Genitive | -wintra | -wintra | -wintra |
| Dative | -wintrum | -wintrum | -wintrum |
| Instrumental | -wintrum | -wintrum | -wintrum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -wintra | -wintre | -wintre |
| Accusative | -wintran | -wintran | -wintre |
| Genitive | -wintran | -wintran | -wintran |
| Dative | -wintran | -wintran | -wintran |
| Instrumental | -wintran | -wintran | -wintran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -wintran | -wintran | -wintran |
| Accusative | -wintran | -wintran | -wintran |
| Genitive | -wintra-wintrena | -wintra-wintrena | -wintra-wintrena |
| Dative | -wintrum | -wintrum | -wintrum |
| Instrumental | -wintrum | -wintrum | -wintrum |
All forms (9)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-wintrī, from Proto-Germanic *-wintruz. Cognate with Old Norse -vetr and Gothic - (-wintrus). Equivalent to winter + -e. Compare the German suffix -jährig, of similar form and meaning.
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