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Old English · adjective

endeniehst

Normalised endenīehst

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈen.deˌni͜yːxst/
Syllables
ˈen · de · ˌni͜yːxst (3 syllables)
Modern English
endmostfurthestremotelowestrecentlatestlastfinal

Meaning

  1. last, endmost

  2. last, final; latest, most recent

    Ēac is ġehwilcum men his endenexta dæġ nēar and nēar; and sē ġemǣnelīca dōm dæġhwōmlīce ġenēalǣhð, on ðām underfēhð ānra ġehwilc be ðām ðe hē ġeearnode on līchaman, swā gōd swā yfel.

    Also to every man is his last day nearer and nearer; and the common doom approaches daily, at which every one will receive according to what he has merited in body, whether good or evil.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
  3. coming in last, last place, lowest

  4. furthest away, most remote

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From ende + nīehst, literally “nearest to the end”.

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