unmihtig

Old English

Alternative forms

  • unmæhtiġ, unmeahtiġ, unmehtiġ

Etymology

From un- + mihtiġ. Cognate with Old High German unmahtīg, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (unmahteigs).

Adjective

unmihtiġ

  1. not mighty; unmighty, weak, impotent, of little power or means.
  2. impossible.

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Middle English: unmihti, vnmyȝty, vnmyghty

References

  • unmeahtig in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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