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Old English · adjective

Englisc

Normalised Englisċ

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈen.ɡliʃ/
[ˈeŋ.ɡliʃ]
Syllables
ˈen · ɡliʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
englishenglishman

Englisc1 · adjective

Senses

  1. English

    ⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisces cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe. And he re

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
  2. an Englishman or an Angle

Declension

Englisc2 · proper noun · neuter

Senses

  1. the English language; Old English

    Spricst þū Englisċ?

    Do you speak English? (Speakest thou English?)

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of Englisc
Singular
Nominative Englisċ
Accusative Englisċ
Genitive Englisċes
Dative Englisċe

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Engle + -isċ.

Descendants

english

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