Old English · verb
endian
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 2
- IPA
- /ˈen.di.ɑn/
- Syllables
- ˈen · di · ɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- abolishcome to an endendfinish
Meaning
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to end
Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ.
At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans -
to finish, complete
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to abolish, destroy
-
to come to an end, cease; to die
Conjugation
All forms (15)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *andijōn, from Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”). Cognate with Old Frisian endia (“to finish”), Old Saxon endiōn (“to come to a stop”), Old High German entōn (“to end”), Old Norse enda (“to end”).
Descendants
end
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