Old English · adjective

anliepe

Normalised ānlīepe

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈɑːnˌli͜yː.pe/
Syllables: ˈɑːn · ˌli͜yː · pe (3 syllables)
Modern English: single individual solitary

Meaning

single; sole; only

Swā fēawa heora wǣron þæt iċ furðum ānne ānlīepne ne mæġ ġeþenċan be sūðan Temese þā þā iċ tō rīċe fēng.

There were so few of them that I can't even think of a single one to the south of the Thames when I came to the throne.
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
individual
alone; solitary

Declension

Strong declension of anliepe
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānlīepe	ānlīepu ānlīepo	ānlīepe
Accusative	ānlīepne	ānlīepe	ānlīepe
Genitive	ānlīepes	ānlīepre	ānlīepes
Dative	ānlīepum	ānlīepre	ānlīepum
Instrumental	ānlīepe	ānlīepre	ānlīepe
Plural
Nominative	ānlīepe	ānlīepa ānlīepe	ānlīepu ānlīepo
Accusative	ānlīepe	ānlīepa ānlīepe	ānlīepu ānlīepo
Genitive	ānlīepra	ānlīepra	ānlīepra
Dative	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum
Instrumental	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum

Weak declension of anliepe
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānlīepa	ānlīepe	ānlīepe
Accusative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepe
Genitive	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Dative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Instrumental	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Plural
Nominative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Accusative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Genitive	ānlīepra ānlīepena	ānlīepra ānlīepena	ānlīepra ānlīepena
Dative	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum
Instrumental	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainahlaupijaz (“single, alone; unmarried”), apparently with the literal meaning “running alone.” Cognate with Old Saxon ēnlōpi (“single, alone”) and Old Norse einhleypr (“single, unmarried”). Equivalent to ān (“alone”) + -hlīepe (hlēapan (“to jump, to run”) + -e (adjective-forming suffix)).

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