þingræden

Old English

Alternative forms

• ðingrǣden, ðingrǣdenn — edh spelling
• þingrǣdenn

Etymology

Compound noun from Old English þing (“thing”) +‎ -rǣden (“direction, guidance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθin.ɡræː.den/, [ˈθiŋ.ɡræː.den]

Noun

þingrǣden f (nominative plural þingrǣdena)

1. intercession, advocacy, pleading, intervention, mediation
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth, D.D., F.R.S.: Explanation of References, page 1062:

     Ða apostoli hī āstrehton æt ðæs ealdormannes fōtum, biddende ðæt ða hǣðengildan nǣron for heora intingan ācwealde... Ðā cwæl se ealdorman: "Wundur mē ðincþ eower ðingrǣden."

     The apostoles arrived near to at the judge's feet, begging that the paganism wasn't a cause for her to die... Then the judge said: "Your intercession hurts my honour."

Declension

Declension of þingrǣden (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þingrǣden	þingrǣdene, þingrǣdena
accusative	þingrǣden, þingrǣdene	þingrǣdene, þingrǣdena
genitive	þingrǣdene	þingrǣdena
dative	þingrǣdene	þingrǣdenum