Old English · adjective
ungesewenlic
Normalised unġesewenlīċ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈun.jeˌse.wen.liːt͡ʃ/
- Syllables
- ˈun · je · ˌse · wen · liːt͡ʃ (5 syllables)
- Modern English
- invisible
Meaning
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invisible
On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.
On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.
c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | unġesewenlīċ | unġesewenlīċunġesewenlīċuunġesewenlīċo | unġesewenlīċ |
| Accusative | unġesewenlīcne | unġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīċ |
| Genitive | unġesewenlīċes | unġesewenlīcre | unġesewenlīċes |
| Dative | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīcre | unġesewenlīċum |
| Instrumental | unġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīcre | unġesewenlīċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | unġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīċaunġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīċunġesewenlīċuunġesewenlīċo |
| Accusative | unġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīċaunġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīċunġesewenlīċuunġesewenlīċo |
| Genitive | unġesewenlīcra | unġesewenlīcra | unġesewenlīcra |
| Dative | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum |
| Instrumental | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | unġesewenlīċa | unġesewenlīċe | unġesewenlīċe |
| Accusative | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċe |
| Genitive | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan |
| Dative | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan |
| Instrumental | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan |
| Accusative | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan | unġesewenlīċan |
| Genitive | unġesewenlīcraunġesewenlīċena | unġesewenlīcraunġesewenlīċena | unġesewenlīcraunġesewenlīċena |
| Dative | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum |
| Instrumental | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum | unġesewenlīċum |
All forms (12)
Etymology
From un- + ġesewenlīċ.
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