elþeodig

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aliþeudig, *aliþiudīg, equivalent to elþēod +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈelˌθe͜oː.dij/

Adjective

elþēodiġ

  1. foreign, strange
  2. (substantive) foreigner, stranger
    • 10th century, The Seafarer:
      Forþon cnyssað nū heortan ġeþōhtas, þæt iċ hēan strēamas, sealtȳþa ġelāc sylf cunniġe; monað mōdes lust mǣla ġehwylċe ferð tō fēran, þæt iċ feor heonan elþēodiġra eard ġesēċe.
      Thus, thoughts are now striking heart so that I know high streams, the tossing of the salt waves myself; the mind’s wish of each times goads soul to fare so that I hence would seek a far land of overseas folks.

Declension

Derived terms

  • elþēodiġlīċe
  • elþēodine