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Leoniþa
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Old English
Etymology
From ang grc Λεωνίδᾱς.
Pronunciation
Leoniþa
Proper noun
m
Leonidas I, king of Sparta
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
ang Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd. Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.
Declension
Leoniþ sg
ang Individuals