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ælmihtig

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈælˌmix.tij/, [ˈælˌmiç.tij]

Adjective

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ælmihtiġ

  1. all-powerful
    • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
      ...ac hī ealle þrȳ synden ān anġin and ān ælmihtiġ god æfre unbegunnen and ungeendod.
      ...but all three of them [i.e. the Trinity] are one beginning and one almighty God, ever without beginning and without ending.

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: almyghty, almihti, almihtiȝ
    • English: almighty
    • Scots: awmichtie