anliepe

Old English

Alternative forms

• anlīpe, ānlēpe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainahlaupijaz (“single, alone; unmarried”), apparently with the literal meaning “running alone.” Cognate with Old Saxon ēnlōpi (“single, alone”) and Old Norse einhleypr (“single, unmarried”). Equivalent to ān (“alone”) + -hlīepe (hlēapan (“to jump, to run”) + -e (adjective-forming suffix)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnˌli͜yː.pe/

Adjective

ānlīepe

1. single; sole; only
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Swā fēawa heora wǣron þæt iċ furðum ānne ānlīepne ne mæġ ġeþenċan be sūðan Temese þā þā iċ tō rīċe fēng.

     There were so few of them that I can't even think of a single one to the south of the Thames when I came to the throne.

2. individual
3. alone; solitary

Declension

Derived terms

• ānlīepsum
• ānlīepnes