Old English · noun
intinga
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈinˌtin.ɡɑ/[ˈinˌtiŋ.ɡɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈin · ˌtin · ɡɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- causeaffairreasonpretenseoccasion
Meaning
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cause, reason
Swīðe þæslīċ anġinn mennisċre alȳsednysse wæs þæt þā sē enġel wearð āsend fram Gode tō ðām mǣdene, tō cȳðenne Godes acennednysse þurh hī; forðan ðe sē forma intinga mennisċes forwyrdes wæs, þāþā sē dēofol āsende ōðerne dēofol, on næddran anlīcnysse, tō ðām frumsċeapenan wīfe Ēuan, hī tō beswīcenne.
A very fitting beginning of human redemption was that when the angel was sent from God to the virgin, to announce the birth of God through her; because the first cause of man's perdition was when the devil sent another devil, in likeness of a serpent, to the first-created woman Eve, for the purpose of deceiving her.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Annunciation of St. Mary" -
matter, affair, business
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occasion, pretense
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From in- + *tinga, related to ġetingan (“to press, squeeze”).
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