sincgiefa
Old English
FWOTD – 13 December 2016
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsiŋk.jie.vɑ/
Noun
sincġiefa m
- (West Saxon) (poetic) a lord; the giver of treasures to his thanes
- Beowulf, 1338-1343 (c. 8th-9th century), tr. Benjamin Slade:
- ... / ond nú óþer cwóm
mihtig mánscaða / wolde hyre maég wrecan
gé feor hafað / faéhðe gestaéled
þæs þe þincean mæg / þegne monegum
sé þe æfter sincgyfan / on sefan gréoteþ:
hreþerbealo hearde / ...- ... / and now the other has come,
the mighty crime-wreaker, / she wants to avenge her kinsman,
and has very far / carried her feud,
as it must seem / to many a thane,
who for the treasure-giver / weeps in his heart:
hard mind-grief! / ...
- ... / and now the other has come,
- Beowulf, 1338-1343 (c. 8th-9th century), tr. Benjamin Slade:
Declension
Declension of sincgiefa (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sincġiefa | sincġiefan |
accusative | sincġiefan | sincġiefan |
genitive | sincġiefan | sincġiefena |
dative | sincġiefan | sincġiefum |
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