intinga

Italian

Verb

intinga

1. inflection of intingere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ginnati

Old English

Alternative forms

• inþinga

Etymology

From earlier *inþinga (“inside affair”). Compare Old High German insiht (“cause”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinˌtin.ɡɑ/, [ˈinˌtiŋ.ɡɑ]

Noun

intinga m

1. cause
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Annunciation of St. Mary"

     Swiðe þæslic anginn menniscre alysednysse wæs þæt þa se engel wearð asend fram Gode to ðam mædene, to cyðenne Godes acennednysse þurh hí; forðan ðe se forma intinga mennisces forwyrdes wæs, þaþa se deofol asende oðerne deofol, on næddran anlicnysse, to ðam frumsceapenan wífe Euan, hí to beswicenne.

     A very fitting beginning of human redemption was that when the angel was sent from God to the virgin, to announce the birth of God through her; because the first cause of man's perdition was when the devil sent another devil, in likeness of a serpent, to the first-created woman Eve, for the purpose of deceiving her.

2. matter, affair, business

Declension

Declension of intinga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	intinga	intingan
accusative	intingan	intingan
genitive	intingan	intingena
dative	intingan	intingum