ænig

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from *ainaz (“one”). Akin to Old Frisian enich, Old Saxon ēnig, Old Norse einigr.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ǣniġ

  1. any
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
      ...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...
      But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.
    • 10-11th c., Beowulf, lines 1069-1073
      ...sōð ic taliġe, þæt ic mere strengo māran āhte, earfeðo on ȳþum, þonne ǣniġ ōþer man.
      The sooth I tell, that I strength at sea greater possess'd, endurance on the waves, than any other man.
  2. anyone

Declension

Declension of ǣniġ — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ǣniġ ǣniġu, ǣnġu, ǣniġo, ǣnġo ǣniġ
Accusative ǣniġne ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġ
Genitive ǣniġes, ǣnġes ǣniġre ǣniġes, ǣnġes
Dative ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġre ǣniġum, ǣnġum
Instrumental ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġre ǣniġe, ǣnġe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġa, ǣnġa, ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġu, ǣnġu, ǣniġo, ǣnġo
Accusative ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġa, ǣnġa, ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġu, ǣnġu, ǣniġo, ǣnġo
Genitive ǣniġra ǣniġra ǣniġra
Dative ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum
Instrumental ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum
Declension of ǣniġ — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ǣniġa, ǣnġa ǣniġe, ǣnġe ǣniġe, ǣnġe
Accusative ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġe, ǣnġe
Genitive ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan
Dative ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan
Instrumental ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan
Accusative ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan ǣniġan, ǣnġan
Genitive ǣniġra, ǣniġena, ǣnġena ǣniġra, ǣniġena, ǣnġena ǣniġra, ǣniġena, ǣnġena
Dative ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum
Instrumental ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum ǣniġum, ǣnġum

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