gimstan – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of gimstan

Noun: gimstan
Gender:

Nominative

Singularġimstān
Pluralġimstānas

Genitive

Singularġimstānes
Pluralġimstāna

Dative

Singularġimstāne
Pluralġimstānum

Accusative

Singularġimstān
Pluralġimstānas

Sample Sentences

  • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  • Đa ġehȳrde hēo Salomones hlīsan, and cōm fram ðām sūðernum ġemærum tō Salomone binnon Hierusalem mid miċelre fare, and hire olfendas bǣron sūðerne wyrta, and dēorwurðe ġymstānas, and unġerīm goldes. (She heard of Solomon's fame, and came to him in Jerusalem from the southern frontier with many followers. And her camels bore southern plants, and valuable gemstones, and a myriad of gold objects.)

Nouns inflected like gimstan

gimstan, gymstan,

Etymology

From ġimm + stān. Compare Old Norse gimsteinn (Icelandic gimsteinn). See: Old Norse Nouns 'gimsteinn', Icelandic Nouns 'gimsteinn'.

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