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Old English · noun

strengþu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈstrenɡ.θu/
[ˈstreŋɡ.θu]
Syllables
ˈstrenɡ · θu (2 syllables)
Modern English
strength

Meaning

  1. strength

    Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð

    Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since in the middle of the day the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down,

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. moral strength; virtue

Declension

All forms (4)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *strangaz Proto-West Germanic *strang Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-West Germanic *-iþu Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu Old English strengþu From Proto-West Germanic *strangiþu, equivalent to strang + -þu. Cognate with Old High German strengida.

Descendants

strength

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