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Old English · adjective

listhendig

Normalised listhendiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈlistˌxen.dij/
[ˈlistˌhen.dij]
Syllables
ˈlist · ˌxen · dij (3 syllables)
Modern English
artfuldefthands

Meaning

  1. having skilled or artful hands, deft

Declension

All forms (20)

Etymology

From list (“art, skill”) + *hendiġ, the latter from Proto-West Germanic *handīg, a variant of *handug, from Proto-Germanic *handugaz.

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