eahtahyrnede

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑˌxyr.ne.de/, [ˈæ͜ɑx.tɑˌhyrˠ.ne.de]

Adjective

eahtahyrnede

  1. eight-cornered, octagonal
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fiðersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.
      The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely of rectangular blocks of marble.

Declension

Synonyms

  • fēowersċīte

References