anliepe

Old English

Alternative forms

• anlīpe, ānlēpe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainahlaupijaz (“single, alone; unmarried”), apparently with the literal meaning “running alone.” Cognate with Old Saxon ēnlōpi (“single, alone”) and Old Norse einhleypr (“single, unmarried”). Equivalent to ān (“alone”) + -hlīepe (hlēapan (“to jump, to run”) + -e (adjective-forming suffix)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːnˌli͜yː.pe/

Adjective

ānlīepe

1. single; sole; only
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Swā fēawa heora wǣron þæt iċ furðum ānne ānlīepne ne mæġ ġeþenċan be sūðan Temese þā þā iċ tō rīċe fēng.

     There were so few of them that I can't even think of a single one to the south of the Thames when I came to the throne.

2. individual
3. alone; solitary

Declension

Declension of ānlīepe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānlīepe	ānlīepu, ānlīepo	ānlīepe
Accusative	ānlīepne	ānlīepe	ānlīepe
Genitive	ānlīepes	ānlīepre	ānlīepes
Dative	ānlīepum	ānlīepre	ānlīepum
Instrumental	ānlīepe	ānlīepre	ānlīepe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānlīepe	ānlīepa, ānlīepe	ānlīepu, ānlīepo
Accusative	ānlīepe	ānlīepa, ānlīepe	ānlīepu, ānlīepo
Genitive	ānlīepra	ānlīepra	ānlīepra
Dative	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum
Instrumental	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum

Declension of ānlīepe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānlīepa	ānlīepe	ānlīepe
Accusative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepe
Genitive	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Dative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Instrumental	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Accusative	ānlīepan	ānlīepan	ānlīepan
Genitive	ānlīepra, ānlīepena	ānlīepra, ānlīepena	ānlīepra, ānlīepena
Dative	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum
Instrumental	ānlīepum	ānlīepum	ānlīepum

Derived terms

• ānlīepsum
• ānlīepnes