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Old English · adjective

full

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/full/
[fuɫ]
Syllables
full (1 syllable)
Modern English
fullbeakerfilledliquorcompleteentire

full1 · adjective

Senses

  1. full

    Iċ ġeseah þone fæġerostan feld fulne grōwendra blostmena.

    I saw the most beautiful field full of growing flowers.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  2. filled

  3. complete

  4. entire

Declension

Strong declension of full
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative fullfullfull
Accusative fulnefullefull
Genitive fullesfulrefulles
Dative fullumfulrefullum
Instrumental fullefulrefulle
Plural
Nominative fullefullafullefull
Accusative fullefullafullefull
Genitive fulrafulrafulra
Dative fullumfullumfullum
Instrumental fullumfullumfullum
Weak declension of full
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative fullafullefulle
Accusative fullanfullanfulle
Genitive fullanfullanfullan
Dative fullanfullanfullan
Instrumental fullanfullanfullan
Plural
Nominative fullanfullanfullan
Accusative fullanfullanfullan
Genitive fulrafullenafulrafullenafulrafullena
Dative fullumfullumfullum
Instrumental fullumfullumfullum

full2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. a beaker

  2. a cup, especially one with liquor in it

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of full
SingularPlural
Nominative fullfull
Accusative fullfull
Genitive fullesfulla
Dative fullefullum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from *pleh₁- (“to fill”).

From Proto-Germanic *fullą (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *pēl(w)- (“a kind of vessel”). Akin to Old Saxon full (“beaker”), Old Norse full (“beaker, toast”).

Descendants

full

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