gehwæde

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ġehwēde

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ hwǣde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈxwæː.de/, [jeˈʍæː.de]

Adjective

ġehwǣde

  1. little, moderate, scanty, slender
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33
      Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.
      O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.

Declension

Declension of ġehwǣde — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġehwǣde ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo ġehwǣde
Accusative ġehwǣdne ġehwǣde ġehwǣde
Genitive ġehwǣdes ġehwǣdre ġehwǣdes
Dative ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdre ġehwǣdum
Instrumental ġehwǣde ġehwǣdre ġehwǣde
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġehwǣde ġehwǣda, ġehwǣde ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo
Accusative ġehwǣde ġehwǣda, ġehwǣde ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo
Genitive ġehwǣdra ġehwǣdra ġehwǣdra
Dative ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum
Instrumental ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum
Declension of ġehwǣde — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġehwǣda ġehwǣde ġehwǣde
Accusative ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan ġehwǣde
Genitive ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan
Dative ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan
Instrumental ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan
Accusative ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan ġehwǣdan
Genitive ġehwǣdra, ġehwǣdena ġehwǣdra, ġehwǣdena ġehwǣdra, ġehwǣdena
Dative ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum
Instrumental ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum ġehwǣdum

Derived terms

Adverb

ġehwǣde

  1. moderately, scantily

References

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