endeniehst

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ende + nīehst, literally nearest to the end.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈen.deˌni͜yːxst/

Adjective

endenīehst

  1. (number or order) last, endmost
  2. (time) last, final; latest, most recent
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
      Ēac is ġehwilcum men his endenexta dæġ nēar and nēar; and sē ġemǣnelīca dōm dæġhwōmlīce ġenēalǣhð, on ðām underfēhð ānra ġehwilc be ðām ðe hē ġeearnode on līchaman, swā gōd swā yfel.
      Also to every man is his last day nearer and nearer; and the common doom approaches daily, at which every one will receive according to what he has merited in body, whether good or evil.
  3. (rank, position, or degree) coming in last, last place, lowest
  4. (place or location) furthest away, most remote

Declension

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