Old English · adjective
eadig
Normalised ēadiġ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈæ͜ɑː.dij/
- Syllables
- ˈæ͜ɑː · dij (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- prosperoushappyblessed
Meaning
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happy, prosperous, blessed
Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.
Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ēadiġ | ēadiġuēadġuēadiġoēadġo | ēadiġ |
| Accusative | ēadiġne | ēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġ |
| Genitive | ēadiġesēadġes | ēadiġre | ēadiġesēadġes |
| Dative | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġre | ēadiġumēadġum |
| Instrumental | ēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġre | ēadiġeēadġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġaēadġaēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġuēadġuēadiġoēadġo |
| Accusative | ēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġaēadġaēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġuēadġuēadiġoēadġo |
| Genitive | ēadiġra | ēadiġra | ēadiġra |
| Dative | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum |
| Instrumental | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ēadiġaēadġa | ēadiġeēadġe | ēadiġeēadġe |
| Accusative | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġeēadġe |
| Genitive | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan |
| Dative | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan |
| Instrumental | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan |
| Accusative | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan | ēadiġanēadġan |
| Genitive | ēadiġraēadiġenaēadġena | ēadiġraēadiġenaēadġena | ēadiġraēadiġenaēadġena |
| Dative | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum |
| Instrumental | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum | ēadiġumēadġum |
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *audagaz; equivalent to ēad + -iġ.
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