Old English · adjective
mæger
Normalised mæġer
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈmæ.jer/
- Syllables
- ˈmæ · jer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- skinnymeagerlean
Meaning
-
skinny; meager, lean
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mæġer | mæġer | mæġer |
| Accusative | mæġerne | mæġere | mæġer |
| Genitive | mæġeres | mæġerre | mæġeres |
| Dative | mæġerum | mæġerre | mæġerum |
| Instrumental | mæġere | mæġerre | mæġere |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mæġere | mæġeramæġere | mæġer |
| Accusative | mæġere | mæġeramæġere | mæġer |
| Genitive | mæġerra | mæġerra | mæġerra |
| Dative | mæġerum | mæġerum | mæġerum |
| Instrumental | mæġerum | mæġerum | mæġerum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | mæġera | mæġere | mæġere |
| Accusative | mæġeran | mæġeran | mæġere |
| Genitive | mæġeran | mæġeran | mæġeran |
| Dative | mæġeran | mæġeran | mæġeran |
| Instrumental | mæġeran | mæġeran | mæġeran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | mæġeran | mæġeran | mæġeran |
| Accusative | mæġeran | mæġeran | mæġeran |
| Genitive | mæġerramæġerena | mæġerramæġerena | mæġerramæġerena |
| Dative | mæġerum | mæġerum | mæġerum |
| Instrumental | mæġerum | mæġerum | mæġerum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *magr (“lean, meager”). Compare Old High German magar, Old Norse magr. Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin macer, whence modern English meager, through Old French.
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