Old English · adjective
elþeodig
Normalised elþēodiġ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈelˌθe͜oː.dij/
- Syllables
- ˈel · ˌθe͜oː · dij (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- foreignforeignerstrangerstrange
Meaning
-
foreign, strange
-
foreigner, stranger
Forþon cnyssað nū heortan ġeþōhtas, þæt iċ hēan strēamas, sealtȳþa ġelāc sylf cunniġe; monað mōdes lust mǣla ġehwylċe ferð tō fēran, þæt iċ feor heonan elþēodiġra eard ġesēċe.
Thus, thoughts are now striking heart so that I know high streams, the tossing of the salt waves myself; the mind’s wish of each times goads soul to fare so that I hence would seek a far land of overseas folks.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | elþēodiġ | elþēodiġuelþēodġuelþēodiġoelþēodġo | elþēodiġ |
| Accusative | elþēodiġne | elþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġ |
| Genitive | elþēodiġeselþēodġes | elþēodiġre | elþēodiġeselþēodġes |
| Dative | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġre | elþēodiġumelþēodġum |
| Instrumental | elþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġre | elþēodiġeelþēodġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | elþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġaelþēodġaelþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġuelþēodġuelþēodiġoelþēodġo |
| Accusative | elþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġaelþēodġaelþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġuelþēodġuelþēodiġoelþēodġo |
| Genitive | elþēodiġra | elþēodiġra | elþēodiġra |
| Dative | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum |
| Instrumental | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | elþēodiġaelþēodġa | elþēodiġeelþēodġe | elþēodiġeelþēodġe |
| Accusative | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġeelþēodġe |
| Genitive | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan |
| Dative | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan |
| Instrumental | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan |
| Accusative | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan | elþēodiġanelþēodġan |
| Genitive | elþēodiġraelþēodiġenaelþēodġena | elþēodiġraelþēodiġenaelþēodġena | elþēodiġraelþēodiġenaelþēodġena |
| Dative | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum |
| Instrumental | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum | elþēodiġumelþēodġum |
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aliþeudig, *aliþiudīg, equivalent to elþēod + -iġ.
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