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Old English · adjective

fiþerscite

Normalised fiþersċīte

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈfi.θerˌʃiː.te/
[ˈfi.ðerˌʃiː.te]
Syllables
ˈfi · θer · ˌʃiː · te (4 syllables)
Modern English
four-sidedquadrangularrectangularsidedsquare

Meaning

  1. four-sided, rectangular, quadrangular, square

    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 fiþerscite
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative fiþersċītefiþersċītufiþersċītofiþersċīte
Accusative fiþersċītnefiþersċītefiþersċīte
Genitive fiþersċītesfiþersċītrefiþersċītes
Dative fiþersċītumfiþersċītrefiþersċītum
Instrumental fiþersċītefiþersċītrefiþersċīte
Plural
Nominative fiþersċītefiþersċītafiþersċītefiþersċītufiþersċīto
Accusative fiþersċītefiþersċītafiþersċītefiþersċītufiþersċīto
Genitive fiþersċītrafiþersċītrafiþersċītra
Dative fiþersċītumfiþersċītumfiþersċītum
Instrumental fiþersċītumfiþersċītumfiþersċītum
Weak declension of fiþerscite
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative fiþersċītafiþersċītefiþersċīte
Accusative fiþersċītanfiþersċītanfiþersċīte
Genitive fiþersċītanfiþersċītanfiþersċītan
Dative fiþersċītanfiþersċītanfiþersċītan
Instrumental fiþersċītanfiþersċītanfiþersċītan
Plural
Nominative fiþersċītanfiþersċītanfiþersċītan
Accusative fiþersċītanfiþersċītanfiþersċītan
Genitive fiþersċītrafiþersċītenafiþersċītrafiþersċītenafiþersċītrafiþersċītena
Dative fiþersċītumfiþersċītumfiþersċītum
Instrumental fiþersċītumfiþersċītumfiþersċītum

All forms (11)

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