Pene
Old English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editPene m pl
- the Carthaginians
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...
- 533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
editDeclension of '
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | — | Pene |
accusative | — | Pene |
genitive | — | Pena |
dative | — | Penum |
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Pene”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.