Antecrist

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Anticrist, auntecrist, onticrist, Anntecrist, antcrist, ancrist
• (Ormulum) Anntecrist

Etymology

From Middle French antecrist, antichrist, from Medieval Latin Antichristus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίχριστος (Antíkhristos). Compare Old English Antecrist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antɛˈkriːst/, /antiˈkriːst/

Proper noun

Antecrist (plural Antecristes)

1. The Antichrist
2. An enemy of Christianity; a heretic.

Descendants

• English: Antichrist
• Scots: Antichrist

References

• “Antecrīst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Old English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Antichristus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίχριστος (Antíkhristos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.teˌkrist/

Noun

Antecrist m

1. Antichrist

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Antecrist	—
accusative	Antecrist	—
genitive	Antecristes	—
dative	Antecriste	—

Descendants

• Middle English: Antecrist, Anticrist, auntecrist, onticrist, Anntecrist, antcrist, ancrist, Anntecrist
  • English: Antichrist
  • Scots: Antichrist

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Antecrist”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.