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Old English · adjective

reþehygdig

Normalised reþehyġdiġ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈre.θeˌxyj.dij/
[ˈre.ðeˌhyj.dij]
Syllables
ˈre · θe · ˌxyj · dij (4 syllables)
Modern English
right-minded

Meaning

  1. right-minded

    Wel bið þām eorle þe him on innan hafað, reþehyġdiġ wer, rūme heortan.

    It's good for that fighter, that right-minded man, who has a roomy heart within himself.

    c. 980, Almsgiving:

Declension

Strong declension of reþehygdig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative reþehyġdiġreþehyġdiġureþehyġdiġoreþehyġdiġ
Accusative reþehyġdiġnereþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġ
Genitive reþehyġdiġesreþehyġdiġrereþehyġdiġes
Dative reþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġrereþehyġdiġum
Instrumental reþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġrereþehyġdiġe
Plural
Nominative reþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġareþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġureþehyġdiġo
Accusative reþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġareþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġureþehyġdiġo
Genitive reþehyġdiġrareþehyġdiġrareþehyġdiġra
Dative reþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġum
Instrumental reþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġum
Weak declension of reþehygdig
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative reþehyġdiġareþehyġdiġereþehyġdiġe
Accusative reþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġe
Genitive reþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġan
Dative reþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġan
Instrumental reþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġan
Plural
Nominative reþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġan
Accusative reþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġanreþehyġdiġan
Genitive reþehyġdiġrareþehyġdiġenareþehyġdiġrareþehyġdiġenareþehyġdiġrareþehyġdiġena
Dative reþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġum
Instrumental reþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġumreþehyġdiġum

All forms (12)

Etymology

From reþe (“right, just”) + hyġdiġ (“minded”).

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