fnæd
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English fnæd.
Noun
fnæd
- (Early Middle English, rare) border, fringe[1]
References
- ^ “fnæd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 December 2021.
Old English
Etymology
Compare fnæs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fnæd/
Noun
fnæd n
- fringe,[1] hem or border of a garment[2]
- c.990-1175, Gospel of Saint Mark, 6:56,
- hine bædon þæt hi huru his refes fnæd æthrinon.
- they asked that they could indeed touch the hem of his garment.
- c.990-1175, Gospel of Saint Matthew, 9:56,
- þa an wif þe þolode blodryne twelf gear [...] æthrān hys rēafes fnæd;
- then a woman who had suffered bleeding for twelve years touched the fringe of his garment.
- c.990-1175, Gospel of Saint Mark, 6:56,
Inflection
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fnæd | fnadu |
| accusative | fnæd | fnadu |
| genitive | fnædes | fnada |
| dative | fnæde | fnadum |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ġefnæd
Descendants
- Middle English: fnæd
References
- ^ Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fnæd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “fnæd”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le , Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.