wiþmetennes
Old English
Alternative forms
- wiþmetenness, wiþmetenes, wiþmetenys, wiþmetenyss
- wiðmetennys, wiðmetennyss — edh spelling
- ƿiþmetennes — wynn spelling
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
wiþmetennes f
- comparison
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Sum þāra dǣla hātte analogiā on Crēcisċ, þæt is on Lǣden similium rērum comparātiō and on Englisċ "ġelīcra þinga wiþmetennes."
- One part [of the study of grammar] is called analogia in Greek, that is in Latin similium rerum comparatio and in English "comparison of similar things."
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Declension
Declension of wiþmetennes (strong ō-stem)