Old English · noun
genip
Normalised ġenip
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈnip/
- Syllables
- je · ˈnip (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- vapoursstorm-cloudmistobscurity
Meaning
-
mist, vapours, darkness, obscurity
Wearþ genip, and ofersceadede híg (facta est nūbes, et obumbrāvit eos), Lk. Bos. 9, 34.
-
a cloud (in the sky), a storm-cloud
Sweart wolcen and genip (atra nubes), Nar. 23, 23.
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
ge- + nip, cognate with Old High German nebul, Old Norse nifl, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.
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