Old English · adverb
on gemynd
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /on jeˈmynd/
- Syllables
- on · je · ˈmynd (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- memoriam
Meaning
-
in memory of, in memoriam
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:13
Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, it will be said in memory of her that she did this.
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *in gamundi. The preposition in was replaced by on (earlier *an) in the West Saxon dialect during the separate prehistory of Old English. Cognate with Old High German in gimunt.
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