Old English · adjective
gehwæde
Normalised ġehwǣde
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈxwæː.de/[jeˈʍæː.de]
- Syllables
- je · ˈxwæː · de (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- moderatelyslenderscantilylittlescanty
gehwæde1 · adjective
Senses
-
little, moderate, scanty, slender
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġehwǣde | ġehwǣduġehwǣdo | ġehwǣde |
| Accusative | ġehwǣdne | ġehwǣde | ġehwǣde |
| Genitive | ġehwǣdes | ġehwǣdre | ġehwǣdes |
| Dative | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdre | ġehwǣdum |
| Instrumental | ġehwǣde | ġehwǣdre | ġehwǣde |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġehwǣde | ġehwǣdaġehwǣde | ġehwǣduġehwǣdo |
| Accusative | ġehwǣde | ġehwǣdaġehwǣde | ġehwǣduġehwǣdo |
| Genitive | ġehwǣdra | ġehwǣdra | ġehwǣdra |
| Dative | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum |
| Instrumental | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġehwǣda | ġehwǣde | ġehwǣde |
| Accusative | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣde |
| Genitive | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan |
| Dative | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan |
| Instrumental | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan |
| Accusative | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan | ġehwǣdan |
| Genitive | ġehwǣdraġehwǣdena | ġehwǣdraġehwǣdena | ġehwǣdraġehwǣdena |
| Dative | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum |
| Instrumental | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum | ġehwǣdum |
gehwæde2 · adverb
Senses
-
moderately, scantily
All forms (11)
Etymology
Equivalent to ġe- + hwǣde.
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