Antecrist
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- Anticrist, auntecrist, onticrist, Anntecrist, antcrist, ancrist
- (Ormulum) Anntecrist
Etymology
editFrom Middle French antecrist, antichrist, from Medieval Latin Antichristus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίχριστος (Antíkhristos). Compare Old English Antecrist.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAntecrist (plural Antecristes)
- The Antichrist
- An enemy of Christianity; a heretic.
Descendants
edit- English: Antichrist
- Scots: Antichrist
References
edit- “Antecrīst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin Antichristus, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίχριστος (Antíkhristos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editAntecrist m
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Antecrist | — |
accusative | Antecrist | — |
genitive | Antecristes | — |
dative | Antecriste | — |
Descendants
edit- Middle English: Antecrist, Anticrist, auntecrist, onticrist, Anntecrist, antcrist, ancrist, Anntecrist
- English: Antichrist
- Scots: Antichrist
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Antecrist”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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