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Old English · adjective

anliepig

Normalised ānlīepiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɑːnˌli͜yː.pij/
Syllables
ˈɑːn · ˌli͜yː · pij (3 syllables)
Modern English
singleindividualsolitary

Meaning

  1. single; sole; only

    Martinus ġelācnode mid ǣnlīpium cosse ǣnne hrēoflīnne mannan fram his micclan coðe, and fram atelīcum hīwe his unsmēðan līċes.

    Martinus cured a leprous man of his great sickness and from the horrid appearance of his unsmooth body with a single kiss.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. individual

  3. alone; solitary

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

Apparently an alteration of ānlīepe.

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