endeniehst
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The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ende + nīehst, literally “nearest to the end”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]endenīehst
- (number or order) last, endmost
- (time) last, final; latest, most recent
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
- Ēac is ġehwilcum men his endenexta dæġ nēar and nēar; and sē ġemǣnelīca dōm dæġhwōmlīce ġenēalǣhð, on ðām underfēhð ānra ġehwilc be ðām ðe hē ġeearnode on līchaman, swā gōd swā yfel.
- Also to every man is his last day nearer and nearer; and the common doom approaches daily, at which every one will receive according to what he has merited in body, whether good or evil.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
- (rank, position, or degree) coming in last, last place, lowest
- (place or location) furthest away, most remote
Declension
[edit]Declension of endenīehst — Strong
Declension of endenīehst — Weak
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ende-néhst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.