mynsterlif

Old English

Etymology

From mynster (“monastary”) +‎ līf (“life”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmyn.sterˌliːf/

Noun

mynsterlīf n

monastic life; life within a monastery

Declension

Declension of mynsterlif (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mynsterlīf	—
accusative	mynsterlīf	—
genitive	mynsterlīfes	—
dative	mynsterlīfe	—

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mynster-líf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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