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Old English · noun

tempel

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈtem.pel/
Syllables
ˈtem · pel (2 syllables)
Modern English
temple

Meaning

  1. temple

    Nū wylle wē ēac ēow secgan hū hē sume dæġ ēode tō þām godes temple mid þām godspellere Iohanne...

    Now will we also tell you how on a certain day he went to God's temple with the evangelist John.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"

Declension

Declension of tempel
SingularPlural
Nominative tempeltemplu
Accusative tempeltemplu
Genitive templestempla
Dative templetemplum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *templ.

Descendants

temple

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