Part of speech: noun
Gender: neuter
Stem: -ja-
1. kind, sort; category, class; 2. people, nation; 3. kin, kindred, tribe; 4. race; family; 5. generation; lineage; progeny (also cyn)
Etymology
[Mod E KIN n ← Prot-Germ *kunjan; Goth kuni; O Fris kinn, kenn; O Sax kunni; OHG kunni; Icel kyn ← Indo-Europ *ġen-; Sanskr jánman “birth; origin”; jánati “to beget, bear”; janah “offspring, child”; Avest zan- “to give birth, beget”; Anc Gr γένεσις “birth; origin; beginning”; γίγνομαι “to be born; to be produced”; Lat genus “race, kind; birth, origin”; gignere “to beget”]
Paradigm
1.1.1. (b) -ja- stem
(subtype of -a- stem nouns)
masculine gender
(a) (originally short) stems, lengthened as a result of the West Germanic gemination of consonants: bridd-
nouns, -ja- stem, masculine gender
brid
(fledgling) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | brid, bridd | briddas |
genitive | briddes | bridda |
dative (instrumental) | bridde | briddum |
accusative | brid, bridd | briddas |
(b) originally long stems: end-
nouns, -ja- stem, masculine gender
ende
(end) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ende | endas |
genitive | endes | enda |
dative (instrumental) | ende | endum |
accusative | ende | endas |
(c) short stems ending on -ri: heri-
nouns, -ja- stem, masculine gender
here
(army, host) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | here | herias, her(i)ȝas, heriȝeas |
genitive | heries, heres, her(i)ȝes | heria, her(i)ȝa |
dative (instrumental) | herie, her(i)ȝe | herium, her(i)ȝum |
accusative | here | herias, her(i)ȝas, heriȝeas |
neuter gender
(a) (originally short) stems, lengthened as a result of the West Germanic gemination of consonants: bedd-
nouns, -ja- stem, neuter gender
bedd
(bed) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | bed, bedd | bed, bedd |
genitive | beddes | bedda |
dative (instrumental) | bedde | beddum |
accusative | bed, bedd | bed, bedd |
(b) originally long stems: ǽrend-
nouns, -ja- stem, neuter gender
ǽrende
(errand, mission) |
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singular | plural | |
nominative | ǽrende | ǽrendu |
genitive | ǽrend | ǽrenda |
dative (instrumental) | ǽrend | ǽrendum |
accusative | ǽrend | ǽrendu |
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