Old English · noun
tungolwitga
Normalised tungolwītga
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈtun.ɡolˌwiːt.ɡɑ/[ˈtuŋ.ɡolˌwiːt.ɣɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈtun · ɡol · ˌwiːt · ɡɑ (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- three wise menastrologer
Meaning
-
astrologer
-
the Three Wise Men
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 2
Then astrologers from the east came to worship Christ.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tungolwītga | tungolwītgan |
| Accusative | tungolwītgan | tungolwītgan |
| Genitive | tungolwītgan | tungolwītgena |
| Dative | tungolwītgan | tungolwītgum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
Compound of tungol (“star”) + wītga (“prophet”). Displaced by Middle English astrologer, astrologier, astrologere, whence Modern English astrologer. Compare Old Polish gwiazdomówca or Ancient Greek ἀστρολόγος (astrológos), which are formed using similar lexemes.
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