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Old English · adjective

Denisc

Normalised Denisċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈde.niʃ/
Syllables
ˈde · niʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
danishdenchnorsedanenorseman

Meaning

  1. Danish, Norse

  2. a Dane or Norseman

    Þæt wǣron þā ǣrestan sċipu Denisċra manna þe Angelcynnes land ġesōhte.

    Those were the first Danish ships that came to the land of the Angles.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

Dene (“the Danes”) + -isċ (“-ish”)

Descendants

dench

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