fiþerscite
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.θerˌʃiː.te/, [ˈfi.ðerˌʃiː.te]
Adjective
fiþersċīte
- four-sided, rectangular, quadrangular, square
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fidersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.
- The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely of rectangular blocks of marble.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
Declension of fiþersċīte — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fiþersċīte | fiþersċītu, fiþersċīto | fiþersċīte |
| Accusative | fiþersċītne | fiþersċīte | fiþersċīte |
| Genitive | fiþersċītes | fiþersċītre | fiþersċītes |
| Dative | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītre | fiþersċītum |
| Instrumental | fiþersċīte | fiþersċītre | fiþersċīte |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fiþersċīte | fiþersċīta, fiþersċīte | fiþersċītu, fiþersċīto |
| Accusative | fiþersċīte | fiþersċīta, fiþersċīte | fiþersċītu, fiþersċīto |
| Genitive | fiþersċītra | fiþersċītra | fiþersċītra |
| Dative | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum |
| Instrumental | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum |
Declension of fiþersċīte — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fiþersċīta | fiþersċīte | fiþersċīte |
| Accusative | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan | fiþersċīte |
| Genitive | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan |
| Dative | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan |
| Instrumental | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan |
| Accusative | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan | fiþersċītan |
| Genitive | fiþersċītra, fiþersċītena | fiþersċītra, fiþersċītena | fiþersċītra, fiþersċītena |
| Dative | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum |
| Instrumental | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum | fiþersċītum |
Synonyms
- fēowersċīte
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fiðer-scýte”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.