-wintre

wintre Old English Etymology From ang gmw-pro *-wintrī, from ang gem-pro *-wintruz. Cognate with non -vetr and got -𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃. Equivalent to ang winter e adjectival. Compare the German suffix de -jährig, of similar form and meaning. Pronunciation wintre Suffix forms adjectives meaning “year(s) old”; -year-old c. 893, King Alfred's Laws ang Tīenwintre cniht mæġ bēon þīefþe ġewita. A ten-year-old boy can be an accessory to a theft. late 9th century, The Old English Martyrology ang Sanctus Iūstus wæs eahtawintre þā hē martyrdōm þrōwode for Criste. Saint Justus was eight years old when he became a martyr for Christ. c. 1020, Wulfstan, King Cnut's second law code ang Wē willaþ þæt ǣlċ mann ofer twelfwintre selle þone āþ þæt hē nylle þēof bēon ne þēofes ġewita. We want everyone over twelve years old to give an oath that they will not be a thief or a thief's accomplice. c. 935, King Æthelstan's sixth law code ang Ne slēa man nānne ġingran mann þonne fiftīenewinterne mann, būtan hē hine werian wille oþþe flēo and on hand gān nylle. No one should be executed who is younger than a fifteen-year-old, unless they resist arrest [lit. try to defend themselves] or try to escape and refuse to give themselves up. late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ang Hannibal ġecȳðde þone nīþ and þone hete þe hē beforan his fæder ġeswōr þā hē nigonwintre cniht wæs þæt hē nǣfre ne wurde Rōmāna frēond. Hannibal showed the hatred and the malice that he felt when he swore before his father as a nine-year-old boy that he would never become a friend of the Romans. late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ang Æfter þām hīe ġesetton tictātor þæt hē sċolde bēon hearra ofer þā consulas, sē wæs hāten Decius Iūnius. Hē næs būtan seofontīenewintre. After that, they chose a dictator to rule over the consuls, whose name was Decius Junius. He was only seventeen years old. forms adjectives meaning “lasting a specific number of years”; -year late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ang Dioclētiānus and Maximiānus bebudon ēhtnesse cristenra manna—Dioclētiānus ēastane and Maximiānus westane—and for þām bebode wurdon fela martyra on tīenwintrum fierste. Diocletian and Maximian ordered the persecution of Christians—Diocletian from the east and Maximian from the west—and because of that order there were many martyrs in a ten-year period. Usage notes Often written as a separate word in modern transcriptions, but ang twiwintre two years old and ang þriwintre three years old, with the prefix forms of "two" and "three," show that -wintre was a suffix. Declension -wintre Derived terms ang Descendants enm -winter See also ang -nihte