Old English · adjective
gehwelc
Normalised ġehwelċ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈxwelt͡ʃ/[jeˈʍeɫt͡ʃ]
- Syllables
- je · ˈxwelt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- eachevery
gehwelc1 · adjective
Senses
-
each, every
mīne ċeare cwīþan. · Nis nū cwicra nān…
Oft I had to bemoan my sorrow alone at every dawn. There is no one alive…
Oft iċ sceolde āna · ūhtna ġehwylċe
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġehwelċ | ġehwelċ | ġehwelċ |
| Accusative | ġehwelcne | ġehwelċe | ġehwelċ |
| Genitive | ġehwelċes | ġehwelcre | ġehwelċes |
| Dative | ġehwelċum | ġehwelcre | ġehwelċum |
| Instrumental | ġehwelċe | ġehwelcre | ġehwelċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġehwelċe | ġehwelċaġehwelċe | ġehwelċ |
| Accusative | ġehwelċe | ġehwelċaġehwelċe | ġehwelċ |
| Genitive | ġehwelcra | ġehwelcra | ġehwelcra |
| Dative | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum |
| Instrumental | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġehwelċa | ġehwelċe | ġehwelċe |
| Accusative | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċe |
| Genitive | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan |
| Dative | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan |
| Instrumental | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan |
| Accusative | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan | ġehwelċan |
| Genitive | ġehwelcraġehwelċena | ġehwelcraġehwelċena | ġehwelcraġehwelċena |
| Dative | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum |
| Instrumental | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum | ġehwelċum |
gehwelc2 · pronoun
Senses
-
each (one)
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gahwalīk. Equivalent to ġe- + hwelċ, literally “every which.”
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