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ænig

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from *ainaz (one). Akin to Old Frisian enich, Old Saxon ēnig, Old Norse einigr.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ǣniġ

  1. any
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
      ...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...
      But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.
    • 10-11th c., Beowulf, lines 1069-1073
      ...sōð ic taliġe, þæt ic mere strengo māran āhte, earfeðo on ȳþum, þonne ǣniġ ōþer man.
      The sooth I tell, that I strength at sea greater possess'd, endurance on the waves, than any other man.
  2. anyone

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