þingræden

Old English

Alternative forms

  • þingrǣdenn

Etymology

Compound noun from Old English þing (“thing”) +‎ -rǣden (“direction, guidance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθin.ɡræː.den/, [ˈθiŋ.ɡræː.den]

Noun

þingrǣden f (nominative plural þingrǣdena)

  1. intercession, advocacy, pleading, intervention, mediation
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth, D.D., F.R.S.: Explanation of References, page 1062:
      Ða apostoli hī āstrehton æt ðæs ealdormannes fōtum, biddende ðæt ða hǣðengildan nǣron for heora intingan ācwealde... Ðā cwæl se ealdorman: "Wundur mē ðincþ eower ðingrǣden."
      The apostoles arrived near to at the judge's feet, begging that the paganism wasn't a cause for her to die... Then the judge said: "Your intercession hurts my honour."

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative þingrǣden þingrǣdene, þingrǣdena
accusative þingrǣden, þingrǣdene þingrǣdene, þingrǣdena
genitive þingrǣdene þingrǣdena
dative þingrǣdene þingrǣdenum
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