Old English · noun
ent
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ent/
- Syllables
- ent (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- giantentcreaturemythical
Meaning
-
giant (mythical creature)
oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.
Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world until works of old giants, lacking of citizens' noises, stood empty.
Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *anti, from unknown origin.
Descendants
ent
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