Old English · adjective

manig

Normalised maniġ

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈmɑ.nij/
Syllables: ˈmɑ · nij (2 syllables)
Modern English: many mony

manig1 · adjective

Senses

many

Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:

Declension

Strong declension of manig
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	maniġ	maniġ	maniġ
Accusative	maniġne	maniġe	maniġ
Genitive	maniġes	maniġre	maniġes
Dative	maniġum	maniġre	maniġum
Instrumental	maniġe	maniġre	maniġe
Plural
Nominative	maniġe	maniġa maniġe	maniġ
Accusative	maniġe	maniġa maniġe	maniġ
Genitive	maniġra	maniġra	maniġra
Dative	maniġum	maniġum	maniġum
Instrumental	maniġum	maniġum	maniġum

Weak declension of manig
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	maniġa	maniġe	maniġe
Accusative	maniġan	maniġan	maniġe
Genitive	maniġan	maniġan	maniġan
Dative	maniġan	maniġan	maniġan
Instrumental	maniġan	maniġan	maniġan
Plural
Nominative	maniġan	maniġan	maniġan
Accusative	maniġan	maniġan	maniġan
Genitive	maniġra maniġena	maniġra maniġena	maniġra maniġena
Dative	maniġum	maniġum	maniġum
Instrumental	maniġum	maniġum	maniġum

manig2 · pronoun

Senses

many

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian manich (West Frisian mannich), Old Saxon manag (Low German männich), Middle Dutch mēnich (Dutch menig), Old High German manag (German manch), Gothic (manags). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Russian мно́гий (mnógij), Old Irish menic (Scottish Gaelic minig).

Descendants

many, mony

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