endeniehst

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Old English

Alternative forms

• endenȳhst, endenēhst
• endenēxta
• endenīhsta, ændenīhst

Etymology

From ende +‎ nīehst, literally “nearest to the end”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈen.deˌni͜yːxst/

Adjective

endenīehst

1. (number or order) last, endmost
2. (time) last, final; latest, most recent
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"

     Ēac is ġehwilcum men his endenexta dæġ nēar and nēar; and sē ġemǣnelīca dōm dæġhwōmlīce ġenēalǣhð, on ðām underfēhð ānra ġehwilc be ðām ðe hē ġeearnode on līchaman, swā gōd swā yfel.

     Also to every man is his last day nearer and nearer; and the common doom approaches daily, at which every one will receive according to what he has merited in body, whether good or evil.

3. (rank, position, or degree) coming in last, last place, lowest
4. (place or location) furthest away, most remote

Declension

Declension of endenīehst — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	endenīehst	endenīehst	endenīehst
Accusative	endenīehstne	endenīehste	endenīehst
Genitive	endenīehstes	endenīehstre	endenīehstes
Dative	endenīehstum	endenīehstre	endenīehstum
Instrumental	endenīehste	endenīehstre	endenīehste
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	endenīehste	endenīehsta, endenīehste	endenīehst
Accusative	endenīehste	endenīehsta, endenīehste	endenīehst
Genitive	endenīehstra	endenīehstra	endenīehstra
Dative	endenīehstum	endenīehstum	endenīehstum
Instrumental	endenīehstum	endenīehstum	endenīehstum

Declension of endenīehst — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	endenīehsta	endenīehste	endenīehste
Accusative	endenīehstan	endenīehstan	endenīehste
Genitive	endenīehstan	endenīehstan	endenīehstan
Dative	endenīehstan	endenīehstan	endenīehstan
Instrumental	endenīehstan	endenīehstan	endenīehstan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	endenīehstan	endenīehstan	endenīehstan
Accusative	endenīehstan	endenīehstan	endenīehstan
Genitive	endenīehstra, endenīehstena	endenīehstra, endenīehstena	endenīehstra, endenīehstena
Dative	endenīehstum	endenīehstum	endenīehstum
Instrumental	endenīehstum	endenīehstum	endenīehstum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ende-néhst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.