Old English · noun
hinsiþ
Normalised hinsīþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxin.siːθ/[ˈhin.ziːθ]
- Syllables
- ˈxin · siːθ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- hencedeparture
Meaning
-
journey hence, departure, death
Ræst wæs ācōlad, heard wæs hinsīð; hæleð wǣron mōdġe, þe hȳ æt þām beorge blīðne fundon.
Rest-bed was chilled, the hence-walk was hard; heroes were doughty, they who found blitheness at that mound.
10th century, The Descent into Hell:
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From hin- (“away”) + sīþ (“journey, going”).
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