gehwæde

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġehwēde

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ hwǣde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈxwæː.de/, [jeˈʍæː.de]

Adjective

ġehwǣde

1. little, moderate, scanty, slender
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 13, verse 33

     Lā bearn, nū gȳt ic eom ġehwǣde tīd mid ēow. Ġē mē sēceað; and swā ic þām Iudeon sǣde, Ġē ne magon faran þyder þe ic fare; and nū ic ēow secge.

     O children, now yet I am little time with you. You seek me; and as I told the Jews, You cannot go to there which I go; and now I tell you.

Declension

Declension of ġehwǣde — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġehwǣde	ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo	ġehwǣde
Accusative	ġehwǣdne	ġehwǣde	ġehwǣde
Genitive	ġehwǣdes	ġehwǣdre	ġehwǣdes
Dative	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdre	ġehwǣdum
Instrumental	ġehwǣde	ġehwǣdre	ġehwǣde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġehwǣde	ġehwǣda, ġehwǣde	ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo
Accusative	ġehwǣde	ġehwǣda, ġehwǣde	ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo
Genitive	ġehwǣdra	ġehwǣdra	ġehwǣdra
Dative	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum
Instrumental	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum

Declension of ġehwǣde — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġehwǣda	ġehwǣde	ġehwǣde
Accusative	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣde
Genitive	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan
Dative	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan
Instrumental	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan
Accusative	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan	ġehwǣdan
Genitive	ġehwǣdra, ġehwǣdena	ġehwǣdra, ġehwǣdena	ġehwǣdra, ġehwǣdena
Dative	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum
Instrumental	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum	ġehwǣdum

Derived terms

• ġehwǣdnes f

Adverb

ġehwǣde

1. moderately, scantily

References

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