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Old English · adjective

eahtahyrnede

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑˌxyr.ne.de/
[ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑˌhyrˠ.ne.de]
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑx · tɑ · ˌxyr · ne · de (5 syllables)
Modern English
eight-corneredoctagonalcornered

Meaning

  1. eight-cornered, octagonal

    Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fiðersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.

    The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely of rectangular blocks of marble.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Strong declension of eahtahyrnede
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative eahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnedueahtahyrnedoeahtahyrnede
Accusative eahtahyrnedneeahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnede
Genitive eahtahyrnedeseahtahyrnedreeahtahyrnedes
Dative eahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedreeahtahyrnedum
Instrumental eahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnedreeahtahyrnede
Plural
Nominative eahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnedaeahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnedueahtahyrnedo
Accusative eahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnedaeahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnedueahtahyrnedo
Genitive eahtahyrnedraeahtahyrnedraeahtahyrnedra
Dative eahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedum
Instrumental eahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedum
Weak declension of eahtahyrnede
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative eahtahyrnedaeahtahyrnedeeahtahyrnede
Accusative eahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnede
Genitive eahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedan
Dative eahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedan
Instrumental eahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedan
Plural
Nominative eahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedan
Accusative eahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedaneahtahyrnedan
Genitive eahtahyrnedraeahtahyrnedenaeahtahyrnedraeahtahyrnedenaeahtahyrnedraeahtahyrnedena
Dative eahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedum
Instrumental eahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedumeahtahyrnedum

All forms (11)

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