endeniehst
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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ende + nīehst, literally “nearest to the end”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈen.deˌni͜yːxst/
Adjective
endenīehst
- (number or order) last, endmost
- (time) last, final; latest, most recent
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
- Ēac is ġehwilcum men his endenexta dæġ nēar and nēar; and sē ġemǣnelīca dōm dæġhwōmlīce ġenēalǣhð, on ðām underfēhð ānra ġehwilc be ðām ðe hē ġeearnode on līchaman, swā gōd swā yfel.
- Also to every man is his last day nearer and nearer; and the common doom approaches daily, at which every one will receive according to what he has merited in body, whether good or evil.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
- (rank, position, or degree) coming in last, last place, lowest
- (place or location) furthest away, most remote
Declension
Declension of endenīehst — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | endenīehst | endenīehst | endenīehst |
| Accusative | endenīehstne | endenīehste | endenīehst |
| Genitive | endenīehstes | endenīehstre | endenīehstes |
| Dative | endenīehstum | endenīehstre | endenīehstum |
| Instrumental | endenīehste | endenīehstre | endenīehste |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | endenīehste | endenīehsta, endenīehste | endenīehst |
| Accusative | endenīehste | endenīehsta, endenīehste | endenīehst |
| Genitive | endenīehstra | endenīehstra | endenīehstra |
| Dative | endenīehstum | endenīehstum | endenīehstum |
| Instrumental | endenīehstum | endenīehstum | endenīehstum |
Declension of endenīehst — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | endenīehsta | endenīehste | endenīehste |
| Accusative | endenīehstan | endenīehstan | endenīehste |
| Genitive | endenīehstan | endenīehstan | endenīehstan |
| Dative | endenīehstan | endenīehstan | endenīehstan |
| Instrumental | endenīehstan | endenīehstan | endenīehstan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | endenīehstan | endenīehstan | endenīehstan |
| Accusative | endenīehstan | endenīehstan | endenīehstan |
| Genitive | endenīehstra, endenīehstena | endenīehstra, endenīehstena | endenīehstra, endenīehstena |
| Dative | endenīehstum | endenīehstum | endenīehstum |
| Instrumental | endenīehstum | endenīehstum | endenīehstum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ende-néhst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.