wanhydig

Old English

Etymology

From wan- (“un-”) +‎ hȳdiġ (“minded”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑnˌxyː.dij/, [ˈwɑnˌhyː.dij]

Adjective

wanhȳdiġ

1. foolish, imprudent, thoughtless, careless, reckless
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ne sċeal nō tō hātheort, · ne tō hrædwyrde,
     ne tō wāc wiga, · ne tō wanhȳdiġ,
     ne tō forht, ne tō fæġen, · ne tō feohġīfre,
     ne nǣfre ġielpes tō ġeorn, · ǣr hē ġeare cunne.

     Should not be too wrathful, nor too hasty in words,
     nor too weak warrior, nor too careless,
     nor too fearful, nor too joyful, nor too eager for money,
     nor ever too eager of pride, before he would know enough.

Declension

Declension of wanhȳdiġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wanhȳdiġ	wanhȳdiġu, wanhȳdġu, wanhȳdiġo, wanhȳdġo	wanhȳdiġ
Accusative	wanhȳdiġne	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġ
Genitive	wanhȳdiġes, wanhȳdġes	wanhȳdiġre	wanhȳdiġes, wanhȳdġes
Dative	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġre	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum
Instrumental	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġre	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġa, wanhȳdġa, wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġu, wanhȳdġu, wanhȳdiġo, wanhȳdġo
Accusative	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġa, wanhȳdġa, wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġu, wanhȳdġu, wanhȳdiġo, wanhȳdġo
Genitive	wanhȳdiġra	wanhȳdiġra	wanhȳdiġra
Dative	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum
Instrumental	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum

Declension of wanhȳdiġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wanhȳdiġa, wanhȳdġa	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe
Accusative	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe
Genitive	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan
Dative	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan
Instrumental	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan
Accusative	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan	wanhȳdiġan, wanhȳdġan
Genitive	wanhȳdiġra, wanhȳdiġena, wanhȳdġena	wanhȳdiġra, wanhȳdiġena, wanhȳdġena	wanhȳdiġra, wanhȳdiġena, wanhȳdġena
Dative	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum
Instrumental	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum	wanhȳdiġum, wanhȳdġum

References

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