menigu

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *managī, from Proto-Germanic *managį̄. Equivalent to maniġ +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ni.ju/

Noun

meniġu f

  1. crowd
    Sum wer on þǣre meniġe hrēop mīnne naman.
    A man in the crowd shouted my name.

Declension

singular plural
nominative meniġu meniġu, meniġa, meniġe
accusative meniġu, meniġe meniġu, meniġa, meniġe
genitive meniġu, meniġe meniġa
dative meniġu, meniġe meniġum

Descendants

  • Middle English: manye, *menye