æghwelc

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk. Cognate with Old Frisian iāhwelik, Old Saxon iogihwilik, Old High German iogiwelīh. Equivalent to ǣġ- +‎ hwelċ or ā +‎ ġe- +‎ hwelċ or ā +‎ ġehwelċ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæːjˌxwelt͡ʃ/, [ˈæːjˌʍeɫt͡ʃ]

Adjective

ǣġhwelċ

  1. each, every
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      On þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...
      On that day Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification of the Judean folk, which was that manly limb of each of their male children was circumcised on the eighth day after his bird, and the purification was as holy as baptism is for us...

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: ewilch

Pronoun

ǣġhwelċ

  1. each (one)

Derived terms