Old English · adjective

stranghende

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ˈstrɑnɡˌxen.de/
[ˈstrɑŋɡˌhen.de]
Syllables: ˈstrɑnɡ · ˌxen · de (3 syllables)
Modern English: strong-handed -handed

Meaning

strong-handed

Declension

Strong declension of stranghende
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	stranghende	stranghendu stranghendo	stranghende
Accusative	stranghendne	stranghende	stranghende
Genitive	stranghendes	stranghendre	stranghendes
Dative	stranghendum	stranghendre	stranghendum
Instrumental	stranghende	stranghendre	stranghende
Plural
Nominative	stranghende	stranghenda stranghende	stranghendu stranghendo
Accusative	stranghende	stranghenda stranghende	stranghendu stranghendo
Genitive	stranghendra	stranghendra	stranghendra
Dative	stranghendum	stranghendum	stranghendum
Instrumental	stranghendum	stranghendum	stranghendum

Weak declension of stranghende
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	stranghenda	stranghende	stranghende
Accusative	stranghendan	stranghendan	stranghende
Genitive	stranghendan	stranghendan	stranghendan
Dative	stranghendan	stranghendan	stranghendan
Instrumental	stranghendan	stranghendan	stranghendan
Plural
Nominative	stranghendan	stranghendan	stranghendan
Accusative	stranghendan	stranghendan	stranghendan
Genitive	stranghendra stranghendena	stranghendra stranghendena	stranghendra stranghendena
Dative	stranghendum	stranghendum	stranghendum
Instrumental	stranghendum	stranghendum	stranghendum

Etymology

Only attested in a single passage by Ælfric, translating the Latin phrase fortis manum. It is impossible to know whether Ælfric coined the word on the spot or it was already in use. Given the commonness of the suffix -hende, it could have been a very natural construction, being coined many times independently when the occasion arose in idiomatic speech. Equivalent to strang + -hende.

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