hellcniht
Old English
Etymology
Compound of hell (“hell”) + cniht (“boy, servant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxellˌknixt/, [ˈheɫˌkniçt]
Noun
hellcniht m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hellcniht | hellcneoht, hellcnihtas |
| accusative | hellcniht | hellcneoht, hellcnihtas |
| genitive | hellcnihtes | hellcneoht, hellcnihta |
| dative | hellcnihte | hellcneoht, hellcnihtum |
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hell-cniht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.