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Mæcedonisc
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Old English
Etymology
From ang Mæcedonie -isċ or ang la macedonicus ang ^ -isċ.
Pronunciation
Mæce-donisċ
Adjective
Mæcedonisċ
Macedonian, of Macedonia
Wonders of the East
ang Þā wīf syndon ðrēotȳne fōta lange ⁊ heora līċ bið on marmorstānes hwītnysse. ⁊ hī habbað olfenda fēt ⁊ eoferes tēð. For heora unclēnnesse hīe ġefelde wurdon fram ðām mycclan macedoniscȧn Alexandre. Þā hē hī lifiende ġefōn ne mihte þā ācwealde hē hī for ðam hī syndon ǣwisċe on līchoman ⁊ unweorðe. Those women are thirteen feet tall and their bodies are the whiteness of marble. And they have the feet of camels and teeth of a boar. For their uncleanliness, they were killed by Alexander the Great of Macedon. He killed them because he could not capture them alive, because they are worthless and foul of body.
Declension
Mæcedonisċ