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ENDE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ENDE, es; m. I.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §60; §156; §274; §351; §354; §562;
anEND ; fīnis, termĭnus
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  • Ac nys ðonne gyt se ende

    sed nondum est fīnis,

    • Mt. Bos. 24,
    • 6.
  • Á bútan ende

    ever without end,

    • L. E. I. prm
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 400,
    • 28.
  • Ðæt hí ðæs gewinnes sumne ende gedyden

    that they would make an end of the war,

    • Ors. 2,
    • 2 ;
    • Bos. 41,
    • 1.
  • Ðú eart eallra þinga fruma and ende

    thou art the beginning and end of all things,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
    • 549;
    • Met. 20, 275 : Andr. Kmbl. 1112
    • ;
    • An. 556
    • .
  • II. a corner, part, sort; angŭlus, pars, spĕcies :-- Ðæt sylfe wæter ðæt hí ða bán mid þwógan, gutan in ǽnne ende ðære cyricean the selfsame water that they washed the bones with, they poured into one corner of the church [in angŭlo sacrārii], Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 33, Harold of-slóh ðǽr mycelne ende ðæs folces

    Harold slew there a great part of the people,

    • Chr. 1052
    • ;
    • Gib. 166,
    • 22;
    • Th. 319, 14, col. 1
    • .
  • On feówer endum ðyses middangeardes

    in the four parts of this world.

    • Ors. 2,
    • 1;
    • Bos. 38,
    • 21.
  • Ofer ealle eorþan endas

    over all parts of the earth,

    • Ps. Th. 18,
    • 4.
  • Ne hæfde wit óðer uncymran hors and óðres endes

    numquid non hăbuĭmus ĕquos vīliōres, vel ălias spĕcies,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 14;
    • S. 540,
    • 27.
Etymology
[
Chauc. Wyc. ende:
O. Sax. endi, m. n:
Frs. eyn, eyne:
O. Frs. enda, einde, eind, ein, m:
Dut. einde, n:
Ger. ende , n:
M. H. Ger. ende , n. m:
O. H. Ger. anti, enti , m. n:
Goth. andeis , m :
Dan. ende, m. f:
Swed, ände, m:
Icel. endi, endir, m:
Sansk, anta, m
.]
Derived forms
eást-ende, norþ-, west-, woruld-
Linked entries
v.  eonde.
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