menigu

menigu

Old English

Alternative forms

• menġu, meniu, menio, meniġo, meneġo, meniġeo, menġeo, maneġu, maniġu, mæniġiu, mæniġeo, mænio, mænieo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *managį̄. Related to Old Frisian menie, Old Saxon menigī, Old High German managī (German Menge), Old Norse mengi, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (managei). Corresponding to maniġ +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeniju/

Noun

meniġu f

1. crowd

   Sum wer on þǣre meniġe hrēop mīnne naman.

   A man in the crowd shouted my name.

Declension

Declension of menigu

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	meniġu	meniġu, -a, -e
accusative	meniġu, -e	meniġu, -a, -e
genitive	meniġu, -e	meniġa
dative	meniġu, -e	meniġum

Descendants

• Middle English: manye, *menye
  • Scots: monie
  • English: many