-wintre
Old English
Alternative forms
- -ƿintre
Etymology
From earlier *-wintri, from West Germanic *-wintrī, from Proto-Germanic *-wintruz. Related to Gothic -𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃 (-wintrus). Ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter, year”), the ancestor of Old English winter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wintre/
Suffix
-wintre
- combined with cardinal numbers to create adjectives denoting the age of something
- c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book
- Tīenwintre cniht mæġ bēon þīefðe ġewita.
- A ten-year-old boy can be an accessory to a theft.
- Tīenwintre cniht mæġ bēon þīefðe ġewita.
- late 9th century, The Old English Martyrology
- Sānctus Iūstus wæs eahtawintre þā hē martyrdōm þrōwode for Criste.
- Saint Justus was eight years old when he suffered martyrdom for Christ.
- Sānctus Iūstus wæs eahtawintre þā hē martyrdōm þrōwode for Criste.
- c. 893, Alfred the Great, Doom Book
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